Wednesday, March 31, 2010

You Can Watch WATCH

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We're hosting a pretty cool event tonight at 7:00 PM at Titles Bookstore McMaster University . Robert J. Sawyer is beginning the 10-cit...
Monday, March 29, 2010

Top 10 Takeaways From BNC Tech Forum 2010

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10 - A top 10 is a GOOD thing to put on the internet This point comes with props to Deanna McFadden, Marketing Manager, Online Content &...
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

HNT - BNC10

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I stayed overnight in Toronto last night as part of the pre-gathering leading up to this year's BookNet Canada Technology Forum 2010 . ...
Monday, March 22, 2010

United We Stand

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The spring issue of Canadian Bookseller magazine (a publication of Canadian Booksellers Association ) is out. It includes an article I wrot...
Saturday, March 20, 2010

Choice Is King

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The April 2010 issue of Quill & Quire (Canada's Magazine of Book News & Reviews) is now out. Quill & Quire is celebrating t...
Friday, March 19, 2010

The Future Is Being Written

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This is a video that has been making the rounds lately. It was originally prepared by the UK branch of Dorling Kindersley Books and produce...
Thursday, March 18, 2010

HNT - Media Exposure

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While speaking on behalf of Canadian Booksellers Association these past couple of weeks, I have certainly been exposed in various ways. Ear...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

A Man, His Son And Their Laughter

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My father died 7 years ago today. In many ways it seems like just yesterday that I lost him, but in other ways, it seems like several lifet...
Monday, March 15, 2010

My Name Is Earl

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Francine, Alexander and I were delighted to get the opportunity to bunny-sit this past weekend. We were actually quite delighted. It had be...
Saturday, March 13, 2010

If You Can Read This You're Following Too Close

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I'm on Twitter . But I'm not on it as a gigantic game of seeing how many followers I can amass. I'm using Twitter as yet another...
Friday, March 12, 2010

enTourage eDGe

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A couple of weeks ago, I got an enTourage eDGe and the first book I purchased to read on it is Seth Godin 's Linchpin . I've been l...
Thursday, March 11, 2010

HNT - CBC

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It has been an interesting week. CBA's concerns over Amazon's bid to open a warehouse in Canada has generated some interesting buzz ...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Opposing Amazon

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* Please note that this blog post is the viewpoint of a single Canadian bookseller and though there is cross-over viewpoint included, this i...
Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Read an E-Book Week

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March 7-13, 2010 is " Read an E-Book Week " -- here is a list of various places online where you can get an e-book. Most of the ...
Monday, March 08, 2010

Book Nerds TV

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So I suppose it isn't enough that I've got this blog, a podcast , and various other online outlets to share writing and various crea...
Saturday, March 06, 2010

Digital Journal

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Okay, so the improvement of the landscape of "digital books" is getting more and more exciting. Check out this Microsoft Courier t...
Friday, March 05, 2010

The Best A Man Can Get

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I'm thinking that, as their slogan goes, Gillette is the best a man can get. Several weeks ago, towards the end of a challenging pay pe...