Canadians, ever a resourceful people, are evidently hunkering down under their duvets, stoked with hot chocolate, to get through these dark economic times.
Perhaps the famous self-help book of 1998 could be re-issued with a new title:
Who Moved My Cheese… to Canada?
“BookNet Canada, which monitors sales, reported that during a four-week period ending Nov. 23, unit sales in Canada were up by nearly 5 per cent over the same period last year, compared to declining sales in the U.S. and U.K. The dollar value of Canadian sales increased 2 per cent during the same period compared to the previous year.” [Toronto Star]
“‘The state of the business here is better (than the U.S.),’ said Carolyn Wood, executive director of the Association of Canadian Publishers. ‘The risk is different.’ Wood believes the Canadian book industry will fare better than the U.S. because Canada’s economy is stronger, but also because Canadian publishing houses operate on a smaller scale.”[DailyGleaner.com]
“Some in the industry are also counting on the economic downturn to spur sales of educational books, as more people go back to school to upgrade their education or stay in school longer if they can’t find a job upon graduation.” [same article in the Daily Gleaner above]
