CANADA CHRISTMAS BOOK SALES
January 1st, 2007
BY ALAN OSBORNShaking off fears that the American/Canadian price differential would put off book-buyers, Canadian bookshops had a good Christmas with 71% of members of the Canadian Booksellers Association reporting higher sales compared to the 2005 period. Over a quarter of all respondents said sales were up by more than 10%. The "runaway" winner in fiction was Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam. "This came as little surprise given its Giller Prize win," says Emily Sinkins, editor of the CBA's Canadianbookseller. (Note to subs - this is spelt as ...
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