http://activitypress.com/2009/02/25/canadian-book-chain-says-rise-of-smartphones-is-behind-its-major-ebook-push/ Martin Taylor on ebooks and media from a Downunder perspective Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://activitypress.com/2009/02/25/canadian-book-chain-says-rise-of-smartphones-is-behind-its-major-ebook-push/comment-page-1/#comment-9046 Canadian ebook store Shortcovers becomes Kobo Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:26:11 +0000 http://activitypress.com/2009/02/25/canadian-book-chain-says-rise-of-smartphones-is-behind-its-major-ebook-push/#comment-9046 [...] Since it launched in February this year, the unit of Canadian bricks-and-mortar bookseller Indigo has done an impressive job of building its ebook offering, concentrating on the smartphone opportunity rather than waiting for the somewhat glacial development of the dedicated ebook reader market. [...] [...] Since it launched in February this year, the unit of Canadian bricks-and-mortar bookseller Indigo has done an impressive job of building its ebook offering, concentrating on the smartphone opportunity rather than waiting for the somewhat glacial development of the dedicated ebook reader market. [...]

]]> http://activitypress.com/2009/02/25/canadian-book-chain-says-rise-of-smartphones-is-behind-its-major-ebook-push/comment-page-1/#comment-1935 David Caron Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:10:15 +0000 http://activitypress.com/2009/02/25/canadian-book-chain-says-rise-of-smartphones-is-behind-its-major-ebook-push/#comment-1935 It's not even the nationality of the publisher that's even an issue. Although it is true that Canadian publishers are a lower priority. But it's size that's the issue. Indigo wants a bunch of bestselling content without dealing with a lot of people. That means dealing with a handful of the largest American publishers. As Canadian publishers, we're doing our best to be present there, because I think Canadian readers will expect us to be there. It’s not even the nationality of the publisher that’s even an issue. Although it is true that Canadian publishers are a lower priority. But it’s size that’s the issue. Indigo wants a bunch of bestselling content without dealing with a lot of people. That means dealing with a handful of the largest American publishers. As Canadian publishers, we’re doing our best to be present there, because I think Canadian readers will expect us to be there.

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