Search Results by tag: bookselling

REDgroup insolvency a further challenge for Kobo

It's been a dismal 24 hours for global bricks-and-mortar booksellers. A day after U.S. chain Borders entered bankruptcy protection, Australia's largest bookstore chain, Angus & Roberts, entered administration, putting in question the future of its ... Read More »

February 17, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Borders on the brink, but Kobo continues to grow

By Stuart Woods

A year ago, in the week following Christmas, Canadian publishers and distributors were greeted with the dismaying news that one of the country's leading bookstore chains, McNally Robinson Booksellers, was significantly scaling back its operations, ... Read More »

January 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: Costa Book Award nominees; world’s best bookstores; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Costa Book Award nominees announced Joyland Books, the e-book only imprint of ECW Press, releases its first Canadian-authored title: Chris Eaton's Letters to Thomas Pynchon Lonely Planet names world's 10 best bookstores ... Read More »

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Way to Display! The Hunger Games trilogy at Vancouver Kidsbooks

By Nathan Whitlock

The upcoming visit from author Suzanne Collins (on Nov. 2) to Vancouver Kidsbooks inspired the store to once again go all-out on its exterior, opting for an eye-catching “ yet more than a little menacing ... Read More »

October 27, 2010 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events

Daily book biz round-up: Borders closure; B&N closure; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Special death-of-bookselling edition: Borders closes major San Fran location! B&N closes major New York location! Borders cuts price ... Read More »

August 31, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Google Editions delayed until fall

By Stuart Woods

A Reuters story on the resurgence of U.S. independent bookstores contains an interesting piece of news: Google Editions, an e-book service that will compete head on with Apple's iBookstore and Amazon, won't launch until the ... Read More »

August 19, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Way to Display! Up We Grow! at Kidsbooks

By Nathan Whitlock

It's the excess exclamation (excessclamation?) point edition of Way to Display! with this dandy garden-themed window for Up We Grow! (Kids Can Press) at Kidsbooks on Broadway in Vancouver! It's like the book is growing ... Read More »

August 4, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Way to Display! Under Heaven at the Flying Dragon Bookshop

By Nathan Whitlock

The good folks at Toronto's Flying Dragon Bookshop have put together a strikingly equine display for Under Heaven (Viking Canada), the new novel by Guy Gavriel Kay. As you can see, the display includes not ... Read More »

May 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Ben McNally rejects CBA on parallel importation reform

By Stuart Woods

As Q&Q reported on Friday, the Canadian Booksellers Association has asked the federal government to loosen the laws that limit imports of foreign books. However, not all independent booksellers agree that repealing the current restrictions ... Read More »

May 1, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

$2 million reward for book-loving fugitive in B.C.

By Laura Godfrey

One of the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives is a book-loving octogenarian believed to be hiding in Victoria, B.C. According to the FBI's website, James J. Whitey Bulger has a record of 19 counts of ... Read More »

April 20, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

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Search Results by tag: bookselling

REDgroup insolvency a further challenge for Kobo

Borders on the brink, but Kobo continues to grow

Daily book biz round-up: Costa Book Award nominees; world’s best bookstores; and more

Way to Display! The Hunger Games trilogy at Vancouver Kidsbooks

Daily book biz round-up: Borders closure; B&N closure; and more

Google Editions delayed until fall

Way to Display! Up We Grow! at Kidsbooks

Way to Display! Under Heaven at the Flying Dragon Bookshop

Ben McNally rejects CBA on parallel importation reform

$2 million reward for book-loving fugitive in B.C.

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