Walmart has made a major play for the audiobook and ebook market in the U.S., with the help of Toronto-based Rakuten Kobo.
Indigo experiences sales decrease, net loss increase in first quarter
Indigo Books & Music is reporting a decrease in sales for its first 2018 fiscal quarter, dropping to $205.4 million, down $1 million from the first quarter of 2017.
BookNet reveals slight rise in Canadian audiobook sales for first half of 2018
Changes in Canadian book sales over the first half of 2018 shows a continuing trend towards online purchases and audio formats.
Downtown Victoria Chapters store to close, re-open as Indigo
The Chapters bookstore in downtown Victoria is closing at the end of the summer.
Independent booksellers band together to examine reviving the Canadian Booksellers Association
A group of independent Canadian bookstore owners have banded together to resurrect the defunct CBA.
German publishers show appetite for culturally specific Canadian titles
Twenty-five delegates met with publishers in Munich and Berlin as part of a trade mission planned, in part, to build relationships between German and Canadian publishers in advance of the 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair.
Excerpts, sample chapters increasingly influence book purchases
The number of consumers who’ve read a portion of a book before purchase continues to rise, according to a new study by BookNet Canada.
New specialty bookstore King W. Books to prioritize Hamilton titles
King W. Books, a new bookstore focused on art, design, and local titles, will open in Hamilton, Ontario this September.
Book*hug revising pulled poetry collection
A revised edition of Shannon Webb-Campbell’s poetry collection Who Took My Sister will be released in the coming months, Book*hug has announced.
Crowsnest Books soliciting submissions ahead of July launch
Publisher Alex Wall is set to open Crowsnest Books, a new publishing house, on July 1.
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