Publishing Dominance by a few, an opinion in my local newspaper

[CdnWriter]

Opinion: Elbows up, even when you’re holding a book

Canadian book buyers who happily hem and haw over labels at the grocery store seem blissfully unaware of the elephant in the room— that 95 per cent of the Canadian book market is already controlled by foreign-owned multinational publishers.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

THIS is the key point:

"Canadian book buyers who happily hem and haw over labels at the grocery store seem blissfully unaware of the elephant in the room— that 95 per cent of the Canadian book market is already controlled by foreign-owned multinational publishers."

( mod edit- political bullshit deleted)

Anyone have any ideas on HOW Canada can wrestle control back of their national publishing scene?

 

[big soft moose]

this is a legit thing to discuss but let’s park the political commentary at the door huh

Hat off - kobo are a Canadian company ( although their parent rakuten are Japanese)

 

[CdnWriter]

this is a legit thing to discuss but let’s park the political commentary at the door huh

Hat off - kobo are a Canadian company ( although their parent rakuten are Japanese)

NOTHING I wrote was false. How is it "political bullshit" when it is 1,000% the truth??? What makes it "bullshit"? The fact that it is TRUE NEWS as opposed to "FAKE news!!!!" ?

 

[Homer Potvin]

NOTHING I wrote was false. How is it "political bullshit" when it is 1,000% the truth??? What makes it "bullshit"? The fact that it is TRUE NEWS as opposed to "FAKE news!!!!" ?

No politics. No religion. No exceptions.

The rest of the internet is your oyster in that regard.

 

[big soft moose]

What Homer said, it wasn’t bullshit in the sense of being untrue but in the sense of being a destructive diversion from the purpose of the site and from the content of the thread.

You want to discuss how Canada handles multinational ownership of its publishing infrastructure, knock yourself out. If you want an argument about President Trump, take it somewhere else