PERILS OF PUBLISHING, CANADIAN EDITION

As Canada’s superstore bookseller struggles to keep alive, one thing is obvious: “This country is simply too sparsely populated over too great a geographic diversity to allow for the kind of volume turnover that a chain of 77 big-box stores and more than 200 smaller outlets requires to keep its bottom line from turning red.” So does Canada need more competition or less? – The Globe & Mail (Canada)