H.B. Fenn filed for bankruptcy today. Normally I wouldn’t comment on a book distributor (they don’t seem to handle ebooks), but they released a statement today which said they had: encountered significant financial challenges due to the loss of distribution lines, shrinking margins and the significant shift to e-books, all of which have significantly reduced [...]
Entries Tagged as 'canada'
Canada’s largest book distributor now bankrupt
February 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Tags:bankrupt·book·canada·distributor·largest
Random House of Canada signed with Overdrive
February 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · press release
Random House and Overdrive announced a new distribution agreement today. In the near future, participating libraries in Canada will be able to buy and loan ebooks published by Random House of Canada. Um, why are we just now seeing this announcement in 2011? It’s hard to believe that this one of the big 6 publishers, [...]
Apple granted license to open iBookstore in Canada
December 15th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
The Canadian government issued a statement yesterday granting Apple permission to open a local iBookstore in Canada. Did you know that they applied for this back in July? No, seriously. It took 6 months just to get government approval (and I thought US regulations were bad). Now I understand why US ebookstores don’t include Canada. [...]
Kobo Wifi now has free use of Bell Canada’s Wifi network
December 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · press release
From the press release: Users of the new Kobo Wireless eReader now have even more opportunities to experience the joy of reading as Kobo, a global eReading service, today announced that Canadian Kobo Wireless eReader customers now enjoy free, unlimited access to Bell’s Wi-Fi network at any one of Bell’s over 800 Wi-Fi network hotspot [...]
Pandigital Novel shows up in Canada, uses Kobo ebookstore
October 3rd, 2010 · 8 Comments · hardware news
One of TDR’s readers just tipped me to the launch of the Pandigital Novel in Canada. It’s just now in Bed, Bath, & Beyond stores at a retail of $219 CAD. What I find more interesting is that my source reported that BBB originally stocked their Canadian stores at the same time as the US [...]
Tags:canada·ebookstore·kobo·pandigital·shows
Kobo e-reader on sale for $128 (in Canada)
September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Hey, they’re the ones calling it a sale, not me. Chapters have the Kobo e-reader for sale on their website for $128. Buy it now (before it’s discontinued because someone went bankrupt). Chapters.Indigo.ca
Canada’s DMCA explained (video)
June 7th, 2010 · No Comments · video
I’m sure you’ve been following the stories about how the efforts to modernize Canadian copyright law have been corrupted by Big Media’s attempt to shove DMCA down the throats of the Canadian public. (Yes, I am biased. How could you tell?) This video shows a presentation by Michael Geist. He takes the position that the [...]
Kobo e-reader now in stores across Canada
May 18th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news, kobo
From the Kobo blog: Great news! You can now get the Kobo eReader in Walmart stores across Canada. Along with Indigo, Chapters, and select Coles stores, Walmart is now selling the Kobo eReader nationwide at $149. In addition to the 100 free classic eBooks preloaded on the eReader, for the Walmart launch customers will get [...]
Print Newspapers win out over online (Canada)
March 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
From the Media Daily News: A new survey of Canadian adults in 53 media markets indicates continuing popularity for print newspapers north of the border, with a surprisingly low number of survey respondents only reading content online.The survey covered populations in markets served by a total of 81 Canadian daily newspapers (as well as 60 [...]
Tags:canada·newspapers·online·print·win
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