Canadianbookseller Vol. 4 - 2011
Retail Conditions Report
Margaret Atwood receives CBA Lifetime Achievement Award
CBA 2012 Conference Sponsors
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Greetings!
We're pleased to bring you the latest edition of
CBA News--the weekly
newsletter for
members of Canadian Booksellers
Association. Every week, we bring you the latest bookselling news and activities from Canada and around the world.
Do you have news to share? Please send it to us so we can keep everyone in the loop. Email your news to
squinlan@cbabook.org.
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Canadian Booksellers Association
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| Virtual Town Hall Call - Wednesday June 27, 2012 |
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CBA will be holding their next Virtual Town Hall Call on Wednesday June 27, 2012 from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST. This new monthly series of calls is well-attended and generates lively discussions. For those who are not able to attend, the recordings are sent out to all bookseller members the week after the call along with call-in details for the following month.
Member participation is vital to making these calls a success. If you have not already joined this monthly exploration of the issues and ideas that drive our industry, what are you waiting for? Join us next week and send us your discussion topics!
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| Graff Retail Webinar Series - Launching June 26 |
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Join CBA each month for a one hour webinar with award-winning speaker, Kevin Graff. Learn practical tips to apply in your retail store today!
Registration is free for CBA members! The webinars take place the last Tuesday of every month from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. EST. Register online and attend anywhere with an internet connection.
Who Should Attend?
- Store owners and operators
- Store managers and assistant managers
- Staff involved in training and human resources
The webinar topics are:
- Managing Generation Y
- Thirty-One Things to Drive Your Business
- Performance Metrics: Motivating and Engaging Your Team
- Preventing Loss to Increase Profit
- The Retailers Guide to a Successful Christmas
- Twenty-One Deadly Selling Sins
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| Death of the Indie? Don't Believe the Hype! |
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Save The Bookstore Day took place last weekend, and while some bookstore owners aren't crazy about the name, they all want to communicate the message that their stores are thriving thanks to loyal customers who value the sense of community that bookstores engender.
"Every independent bookstore is facing challenges right now," said Pat Catven, a manager at Perfect Books on Elgin Street who has spent 26 years in the business. "It affects your marketplace, but it doesn't have to kill you. You don't open a bookstore to make a million dollars."
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| CBA Coast-to-Coast Bestsellers List |
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Below please find a link to the most
recent
Coast-to-Coast Bestsellers List. We
are grateful to
TBM BookManager for providing the
content of these
lists.
View Bestsellers List (with ISBNs) online here.
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View Bestsellers List as a PDF... |
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| Government Funding Restored for Literary Press Group |
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It is with great relief that we report that an earlier decision to cut government funding from the Literary Press Group (LPG) has been overturned. LPG has received verbal confirmation from James Moore, the Minister of Canadian Heritage, and a more formal confirmation should be forthcoming shortly.
"[LPG] are grateful for the overwhelming public support we received from Canadian readers, writers, publishers, and industry colleagues. We look forward to bringing you the best of Canadian literary writing for years to come."
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| Wiley eBooks Now Available Through Login Canada |
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If you are one of the CBA members taking advantage of our partnership with Login Canada, you now have access to Wiley eBooks, including many great imprints, among them Dummies, Capstone, Frommers and Cliff Notes.
Don't have an Affiliate eStore yet? Visit Login Canada's website to learn more about this great program and join some of Canada's top booksellers, including Bookseller of the Year Blue Heron Books, who are making Login's ebook solution work for them.
Over 70 bookstores are already taking advantage of this simple, no-fee solution to selling eBooks, as well as an expanded selection of print titles.
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| Nicholas Hoare's Montreal Store Remaining Open |
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Nicholas Hoare's Montreal location, previously slated to close along with his Ottawa store, will remain open until the end of the year after Westmount Mayor Peter Trent intervened on its behalf.
"We are therefore throwing down the gauntlet. Since we have been operating the store pro bono for quite some time ourselves, it is now our customers' call, not ours, as to whether we leave or stay in January," owner Nicholas Hoare said in a statement Tuesday."
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| Trillium Book Award Winners Announcement Tomorrow |
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The winners of the 25th annual Trillium Book Awards will be announced tomorrow night in the Bram and Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library. The Hon. Michael Chan, Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, will present the awards.
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| Keep sending us your store news! |
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We're always on the look-out for news and success stories from CBA members. If you have photos of events that we can include in Canadian Bookseller, send them to us. If you have a book review or an idea for a story, send them to us. We want to hear from you.
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