circulation increased dramatically to 100,000 copies per issue while subscriptions remained the same. Amazon offered every Canadian customer a complimentary copy of the publication in the mail. In its last years Books in Canada was sometimes narrowly focused on Toronto, sometimes attempted to address the global market. The Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Canadian Heritage Magazine Fund reduced or dropped funding. The magazine published an extensive defense of the Canadian newspaper publisher Conrad Black before his trial for fraud in the U.S. The January/February 2008 issue had an article titled "The Knotted Knickers of Naomi Klein" with a caricature of the author. The magazine continues to provide an online archive of its reviews. First Novel Award Books in Canada established its prestigious "Books in Canada First Novel Award" in 1976. It was later sponsored by SmithBooks, a bookseller, and known as the "Smithbooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award". When Smithbooks was acquired by Chapters in 1995 the award was renamed the "Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award". Later the award became the "Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award". After Books in Canada closed it became the "Amazon.ca First Novel Award". References Sources 1971 establishments in Ontario 2008 disestablishments in Ontario Defunct literary magazines published in Canada Magazines established in 1971 Magazines disestablished in 2008 Magazines published in Toronto Monthly magazines published in Canada Nine times annually magazines