competition in offline bookstores in Canada, it’s fitting that Amazon is bringing competition online with Amazon.ca. It looks like it’s still in a rollout phase, but it’s one way to give yourself an alternative to Chapters/Indigo that doesn’t break the bank (like paying for books in US$ would do).
Archives for June 2002
There’s some very sad news
today for anyone who enjoys literature in the English language. Timothy Findley has died at age 71, of complications following a broken hip. Time to dip back into my library and re-read some of his best novels – Famous Last Words, Telling of Lies, or my favourite, Not Wanted on the Voyage.
As you’d know
if you read here regularly, MJ Milloy has the story on these additional CanWest firings at thenewforum.ca.
In case you needed
more evidence that current media ownership (in general) has very little clue about what reporting, editorial writing, and journalism in general is all about: Reporters Back Boss Fired for Attacking PM. Russell Mills, the longtime publisher of the Ottawa Citizen, has been sacked, seemingly just the latest in a string of such firings by the Aspers. People are accusing Chretien of encouraging it too, and although I know the PM is a cutthroat actor in Canadian politics, I really doubt this has anything to do with him.
John Robb
has explained Dave Winer’s absence, at least somewhat. He’s in the hospital for a week – which isn’t a good sign but I hope isn’t too bad a sign either. Put a comment in John’s site and it will become part of a giant get-well card for Dave on the web.
