Canada’s book supply chain continues to evolve as the impact of global market forces, digital delivery and currency fluctuations shape behaviour and structures. Drawing from two recent reports on distribution and digital publishing in the Canadian market, Craig Riggs will explore the variety of options and strategies currently in use.

1. From Sea to Shining eBook:
Book Distribution and the Power of Scale
2009 BookNet Tech Forum | March 12 | Toronto
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2. Two years, three national studies
• Book retail, distribution, and digital books
• Scavenger hunt + extensive interview panel
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4. “Scale is an advantage for virtually all
aspects of distribution. If you’ve got a
warehouse, you want to ll it, because you
pay the same for empty space as you do for
utilized space.”
– Shatzkin
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8. If you’re a small publisher...
• You’re more expensive to serve
• Likely to have more limited choices
• Can manufacture scale by buddying up
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10. “We’re seeing erosion [of sales] to American
competition that scale-wise no one can
touch.”
– Canadian distributor
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13. craig@turner-riggs.com
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