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Heather Reisman a fan of Type Books “ or is she?

In business, it always pays to know your competition. But does Indigo CEO Heather Reisman see Toronto mini-chain Type Books as competition? From Toronto Life: One summer Sunday afternoon, Type's Danforth digs received an auspicious ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Too many prizes, book club picks, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Are there too many literary prizes? Richard Whitehead at the Times weighs the Booker against the rest. According to Indigo Books & Music, "Book Clubs are the New Dinner Party." Indigo has released a list ... Read More »

September 23, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Trade show 2008: Day One

By Q&Q Staff

The BookExpo Canada trade show kicked off on Sunday with the usual glimmer of promise: a long line of attendees at the foot of the escalators, awaiting the (metaphorical) opening bell. Once those attendees got ... Read More »

June 15, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Borders troubles

By Nathan Whitlock

Borders, the second-largest bookselling chain in the U.S., may be forced to sell itself off after hitting a financial crunch. Here are some takes on the chain's troubles: Borders bookstore may be up for sale ... Read More »

March 24, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Memories of World’s Biggest Bookstore

By Jacob Sheen

Eye Weekly has a brief history of the World's Biggest Bookstore in downtown Toronto. Apparently, it used to be a bowling alley. (Bring your own tenpins and a bowling ball and it still could be.) ... Read More »

February 27, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Canadian Heritage’s state of the (bookselling) nation

By Nathan Whitlock

Last year, the Department of Canadian Heritage commisioned a report entitled The Book Retail Sector in Canada, which was releases late last month. (You can read the whole report here.) Its key findings probably won't ... Read More »

February 4, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Indigo’s Love of Reading: The Motion Picture

By Scott MacDonald

Many of you faithful industry watchers have probably already heard tell of the short documentary that Indigo CEO Heather Reisman commissioned earlier this year about the "crisis" in school libraries. It's called Writing on the ... Read More »

December 7, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Event photo: Roy MacSkimming meets John A.

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's pretty rare to see grownups playing dressup at a book event unless the book in question includes the words "Harry Potter" or "Jedi" in the title. But that's Sir John A. Macdonald (well, actually, ... Read More »

November 21, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Amazon is no (Bibli)oasis

By Leigh Anne Williams

Biblioasis owner Dan Wells has taken on Amazon.ca on his blog, explaining in some detail the frustrations a small publisher faces in trying to deal with the online retailer. Their bureaucracy makes Indigo's seem positively ... Read More »

October 25, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Salman Rushdie steps up to the plate for new media

By Stuart Woods

Readers of this space will know that a favourite hobby of book reviewers is publicly agonizing over the apparent decline of their craft. One of the most keen proponents of this view is former Los ... Read More »

September 25, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

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