Indigo employees’ data breached in ransomeware attack according to reports
Data accessed includes names, home addresses, and SINs, and banking information.
Indigo steps up its customer relations; sets up temporary website for browsing only
The ongoing disruption at Canada's largest book chain is no doubt placing added stress on publishers and writers.
Indigo says no credit or debit card information was compromised in last week’s security attack; website remains down
The chain does not store credit or debit card numbers in its system.
Indigo’s response to “cybersecurity incident” has been woefully inadequate
Indigo has little control over whether its system gets hacked. What it does have control over is how it responds to the situation.
Indigo website remains down after “cybersecurity incident”
The company is working to "understand if customer data has been accessed."
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Heading into 2023, it appears that inflation, which is being felt particularly where hardcovers are concerned, has booksellers nervous about purchasing patterns over the coming months.
Racist incident at the Bookshelf in Guelph, Ontario, involves an encounter with a man trying to remove “anti-white” books from store shelves
"It was like nothing I've ever seen – someone trying to take a whole section," says co-founder Barb Minett.
Prince Harry’s memoir debuts tomorrow after leaks, saturation coverage
"In six weeks, nobody is going to care," says David Worsley of Words Worth Books.
#BookTok and personal memoirs drive the year’s bestselling books, according to the Toronto Star
Both the overall nonfiction and Canadian nonfiction lists are dominated by celebrity memoirs and personal writing at the expense of more deeply researched objective nonfiction.
Strong digital and non-book sales account for largely positive second-quarter results for Indigo
Sales were particularly robust in the stores' general merchandise division.