I am not exactly sure of the precise lessons to be learned for Canadian booksellers from tales of woe coming out of the U.K., but I have been following the crying game for a while in the U.K. trade magazine The Bookseller.
Media Exports to Our Southern Neighbours Are Slowing
It appears the strengthening Canadian dollar and changes to the book industry are only some factors to blame in fewer Canadian books moving south of the border. But it’s not only books: exports in all media from Canada seem to have slowed.
Read the full Globe and Mail article.
Analyse This!
Give Us Your Poor, Your Weak, Your Non-Copyrighted Material...
Users of the New York Public Library’s Science, Industry and Business Library now have their very own Expresso Book Machine, for use through August.
Facebook Is the New Hockey
According to Alexa.com, which ranks sites according the daily web traffic of the Alexa toolbar community, Facebook is the number two site in Canada right now, second only to Google.
Get Your E-Readers Here
O'Reilly Rolls Out Books by the Chapter
Earlier this week, after much build-up, O’Reilly announced they were now rolling out a new way to buy eBooks: by the chapter.
Pre-Pub Subscriptions and Community Pricing Models
I’ve been watching the Tools of Change for Publishing blog posts coming out of the O’Reilly Radar. Over the next few days, I’ll point towards some that I think are interesting and could be useful for some of you out there.
