Well...
We wait until the Easter bunny comes...
Seriously, it is hard. Up here we have one independent
bookstore, one chain, and an aisle in a grocery store for new
books.
And the thrifts.
Surprisingly, the grocery store has the most of new Canadian
writers if they are in mass market paperback. The independent
has a very few from time to time, but does stock free book
news. The chain in the mall has remainders. Book reviews? The
"Vancouver Sun" has a very few, the local daily none. Trying
to keep track of new Canadian writers is very difficult.
Blunt was easy, being published in the UK, USA and Canada in
different editions. Penny? Heard about her from a friend.
Aubert? A surf on the net. Oh yes, the book programs on CBC
Radio!
Simply put, accidentally.
If a new Robert Parker is hiding in Canada and writing and
being published, chances are good I have never read
him...
----- Original Message -----
From: Kerry J. Schooley
To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Canadian Noir
So how do you hear about Canadian books, and how
do you make your decisions?
Inquiring government funded Canadian publishers
want to know,
Kerry
At 12:51 PM 16/04/2007, you wrote:
> From time to time, I've ordered Canadian and British
books that aren't
>available in U.S. stores, amazon, or B&N
from
><http://www.whodunitcanada.com/.>http://www.whodunitcanada.com/.
>I've gotten good service and I see they
list
>forthcoming titles through June. You have to know
what you're looking for,
>though, because there isn't much
description.
>Joy
>
>Kerry J. Schooley wrote:
> > Regarding the availability of Canadian books
in the US, the big
> > titles and recognized authors get picked up by
US publishers of
> > course. For the rest, those published by
smaller presses, I think
> > distribution is often the problem. Maybe it's
my subjective
> > experience, but I often hear of Canadian
publishers changing their US
> > distributors, hoping each new one will be more
effective than the
> > last. They have no money for advertising and
promotion, of course,
> > and the little they get from government
agencies is focused within
> > Canada. New publications are almost always
available through Amazon,
> > however, even the US Amazon, and older stuff
through ABE.
> >
> > I've heard many US crime fiction fans say
they'd read Canuck stuff if
> > they could only find it. But I suspect that
readers we find at
> > various Cons and on RA are atypically more
likely to search out less
> > available material in the genres that interest
them. But even then I
> > wonder what efforts folks will go to. I'm very
lucky to have a local,
> > independent bookstore with a reputation for
finding books in print.
> > He'll even order a few extra copies for his
shelves, rather than pass
> > on extra costs for single-copy orders. I find
the chains next to
> > useless for ordering books. They don't search
beyond their own
> > computer stock lists, and only that far if the
clerk happens to have
> > been around the store long enough to learn
their own systems before
> > moving up to a job selling jeans at the
GAP.
>
>
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