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Bookstores on a Boycott … Kind of Great, Kind of Ironic, Kind of Pointless
Posted on February 9, 2012 | No CommentsThe Chief Canadian bookseller Empire, Indigo (i.e Chapters, Coles, and Smithbooks), are refusing to stock titles published by Amazon, now that Amazon have officially become a real live publisher, with... -
Indigo Has Parted Ways with Kobo …. and Bookselling as its Primary Focus!
Posted on November 14, 2011 | No CommentsOn November 4th I wrote this scathing piece on Indigo and Kobo partnering up to kick the crap out of the Canadian book industry. Four days later Indigo’s CEO announced... -
How Indigo/Kobo Has Put Publishers in Checkmate
Posted on November 4, 2011 | 14 Comments“In the book industry, when you are in a situation where you know that 40 per cent of your business is going to go digital – you need to change.”... -
The Book is Not Dead Because it Cannot Die. Now Shut Up about it and Move On.
Posted on August 31, 2011 | 3 CommentsThe Book is not dead. What’s dead is journalism. And original thought. Whenever you see the same damn headline 20 times a week, that only means modern journalism is lackluster.... -
Small Pressed, Debut Novelist Johanna Skibsrud Wins The Country’s Top Literary Prize! (Causing Interesting Conundrums and Needless Hooplah)
Posted on November 9, 2010 | 9 CommentsA Heartwarmingly Trembling Giller Winner: Johanna Skibsrud (Credit: Aaron Vincent Elkaim/Canadian Press) Interesting Conundrum: I believe nothing can touch the sheer joy of artistic achievement: look at Johanna in... -
Salty Ink on The Article That Shook the Country (but shouldn’t have)
Posted on August 25, 2010 | 4 CommentsEveryone is raging or applauding about Steven Beattie and Alex Good’s bold article — Don’t Believe the Hype: 10 Overrated Canadian Authors — that appeared in The Afterword this week....
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