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Reports the role of Follette Corporation in the management of campus bookstores in Ontario. Use of computerized inventory control systems; Complaints against the management of Follett; Expansion plans of the company.

Highlights the 25th annual meeting of the Writers' Union of Canada. Participants; Event description; Accounts on the policy of purchasing school books.

Reports on accomplishments of Virgil Duff as acquisitions editor of the University of Toronto Press. Career background; Titles undertaken by Duff for the academic market; Consideration of Duff as a generalist rather than a specialist.

Reports on the steady increase in opportunities of gay and lesbian publishers in Canadian culture during the 1990s. Reasons for the trend of the market going mainstream; Other markets for lesbian and gay books; Promotional strategy adopted by publishers.

Presents a guide for writers in identifying a good book agent. Importance of a personal rapport in the writer-agent relationship; Services offered by an agent to a writer; Characteristics of a good agent.

Reports that a growing number of Canadian children's book publishers are planning U.S. distribution deals and foreign rights sales to increase their profits. Factors driving the move towards U.S. distribution; Benefits of distribution deals for Canadian publishers; Efforts of publishers to develop markets for foreign sales; Strategies adopted by publishing houses to distinguish their products from competitors.

Reports on change in trend of tourism in Canada with people preferring for places that are less travelled and unique. Increase in tourists travelling to Central America and Africa; Popularity of rainforests and wildlife in Central America; Adventure travel in Africa; Countryside in Vietnam; Culture in Eastern Europe; Replacement of Caribbean island destinations by Mexico and Cuba; Expectations for domestic travel.

Reports on the strategies employed by various Canadian publishers to combat the reductions in federal and provincial grant money for the publishing industry in Canada. Publication of less reference books, drama and poetry by publishers; Policies employed by McClelland & Stewart, ECW Press and Key Porter Books to downsize budgets; Effect of grant reduction on the authors.

Focuses on the use of Dummies Computer manuals for computer users. Marketing campaign of the manual; Percentage of discounts for booksellers; Emphasis on personal computer applications.

Focuses on the cookbook selling in Barbara-jo McIntosh. Recipe of potato flan taken from The New Cook; Creation of Book and Cook classes in the store; Growth of market for cookbooks.

Reports on the book sales and lottery of the Friends of the Oakville Public Library in Oakville, Ontario. Improvement of computer equipment and children services; Methods for securing large donations; Response of the library to the government cuts by raising fund.

Reports the plans of former Toronto Life editor Anne Collins to develop an electric list of fiction and non-fiction books in Canada. Responsibilities of Collins as editorial director at Random House of Canada; Background of Collins in journalism; Addition of literary non-fiction to the list.

Reports that Ontario publishers are concentrating their attention into the market for antiques and collectibles. Insufficiency of information about Canadian objects; Discrepancies in the kind of objects collected; Preference of Canadian collectors for articles with a British influence; Expensive production cost of a line of price guide.

Reports on the publication of the novel 'Delirium' by Toronto-born novelist Douglas Cooper, which was the first ever to be serialized on the World Wide Web. Theme of the novel; Critics' views on Cooper's debut novel 'Amnesia'; Similarities in the two novels; Attempt to encourage non-linear thought and creativity by publishing the novel online; Reasons behind the failure of the online experiment.

Reports on the lackluster sales in Canada of books on the Bre-X gold-mining scandal despite the efforts of publishers. Sales performance of the books 'Bre-X: The Inside Story' by Diane Francis and 'The Bre-X Fraud,' by Douglas Goold and Andrew Willis; Plans of publishers Knopf Canada and Penguin Canada to release their own books on the scandal.

Focuses on the growing market for books about natural remedies with the increasing popularity of alternative health care in Canada. Attribution of the popularity to the baby boom generation's concern about aging; Efforts taken by books and health stores to setup special natural remedies sections; Characteristics of alternative care users; Demand of customers for sophisticated information.

Reports on the steady rise in the business proceeding of Riverbank Press. Company history of Riverbank Press; Business done by books published by the company; Consideration for expanding distribution into the U.S.

Focuses on the bed-and-breakfast inn run by writer Andrea Reynolds for other writers who want to stay in Toronto, Ontario. Amenities of the inn; Services provided; Rates and accommodations.

Reports that publishing company Talon Inc. is celebrating its 30th anniversary at the annual Canadian Booksellers Association trade fair in Canada in August 1997. Company history; Plans of the company to commemorate its anniversary.

Reports that Hugh Scobbie's Canadian Mercantile Almanack has completed its 150 years of continuous publication in 1997 in Canada. Special features of the 1997 issue of the almanack; Changes in the almanack since its inception; Reproduction of 10000 copies of the first issue to mark 150th anniversary of the almanack.

Focuses on the HarperCollins' campaign to promote its new novels for fall 1997 written by four authors. Comparison of the campaign with Knopf Canada's New Face of Fiction campaign; Benefits from marketing the novels together; Stages of the campaign.

Discusses the publishers who in order to carve a niche for themselves produce dozens of guide books that focus on regions, cities and specific activities than a general guide in Canada. Views of Gracia Green on various guidebooks; Outcome of the neglect of basics in preparing guidebooks by Canadian publishers; Biggest challenges faced by Canadian travel publishers; Key consideration while deciding what to publish.

Discusses the life of a former transsexual prostitute, Alexandra Highcrest. Physical appearance of Highcrest; Topics on which she speaks about herself; Contents of the book 'At Home on the Stroll,' written by Highcrest; Career goals; Reasons which lead her to take up prostitution; Focus of the book; Cause for the launch of her writing career.

Focuses on the publishing business in Canada. Block Grants given to publishers by the Canada Council; Schedule for the block grant program of the council; Impact of receiving grants in separate payments on small publishers.

Focuses on More Time Moms Inc., an Ottawa, Ontario-based business that publishes books that are meant to make families healthier by helping them find more time for themselves. Background on More Time co-founder Joanne Lalonde-Hayes; Publication of a series of best-selling cookbooks under the 'More Time' title'; Company's subcontracting of production and packaging.

Reports on the dissatisfaction of writers in Canada with CanCopy, an organization set up in 1989 to make sure copyright holders are paid royalties from photocopying. Complaint about delayed royalty payments; Authors' lack of understanding on how photocopying is monitored; Difficulties with sampling and debates over how repertoire payments should be handled.

Reports the closure of Discis Knowledge Research Inc. Problems of the company with debt; Introduction of children's books on CD-ROM; Lack of marketing money for the computer game 'Jewels of the Oracle'; Lack of advanced animation in the CD-ROM.

Reports developments related to book selling industries as of June 2002 in Canada. Focuses on the partnership between CTV television and Robert Rose Incorporation. Launch of Robert Tine novelization; Introduction on the story version of The adventures of Pinocchio.

Reports that Moulin Publishing and Scholastic Canada, two Canadian publishers of children's books, have made profits from corporate partnerships. Companies with which Moulin and Scholastic have signed partnership deals; Factors responsible for the success of the corporate partnerships; Books marketed by both companies as part of the deals.

Discusses the retail channels used by publishers of books on outdoor recreation as of March 1996. Retailing of books on gardening through gas stations, drug stores, gift shops and warehouse discounters; Impact of retailing through outdoor stores on the sales of books; Expansion of book inventory by outdoor stores through the inclusion of books on kayaking and canoeing.