Five years ago, Canadian book publishers emerged from a horror story. General Publishing, a book distributor handling books from a number of Canadian publishers, had gone bankrupt. Book returns from the big-box bookstores had surged to unacceptable levels and payments were delayed. A number of independent bookstores had gone out of business. Reflecting on the…
Peter S. Grant
Peter S. Grant is a senior partner of McCarthy Tétrault LLP. He is the co-author of Blockbusters and Trade Wars: Popular Culture in a Globalized World (Douglas and McIntyre, 2004).