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Originally Posted by mamasue
How many people here got the email from Borders (Australia) asking us to continue supporting them "during this period of transition" and asking for feedback? I am sooooooooooo tempted to respond 
Did people in the U.S. and Canada get anything similar?? |
Canada does not allow foreign ownership of its bookstores, so there are no Borders this side of the border and the huge chapters.indigo.ca chain owns pretty much half of the domestic market. Indigo CEO Heather Reisman, longtime public face of these stores, did appear on CTV news yesterday morning - basically saying that Borders US had entered the 2008 recession already saddled with huge amounts of debt while Indigo/Chapters was largely debt-free and therefore came through the downturn in much better condition. While she did strongly promote the Kobo on-air, her response to the question of whether e-books would render print obsolete was that there is and will continue to be a place for both. She expressed a personal preference for curling up with a tangible, printed book while at the same time claiming to use her Kobo for its portability while away from home.
So no, nothing of shocking import in the Dominion of Canada, which is to be expected...