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What's new isn't that the Canadian dollar has improved vs. the greenback (although the past six months have been rather phenomenal in that regard), it's that the math now is so easy for the customer to do at the bookstore. But the exchange-rate has been better than a 50% price difference (after a 10% discount) for a while now. They've had a rather long period of substantial profit based purely on Canadians' intuitive ideas about the strength of the Canadian dollar.
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October 30, 2007 -- 10:31 PM
posted by Pam
thats awesome Alison!!!!!!
October 30, 2007 -- 9:55 PM
posted by alison
so, um...
any ideas for carving my pumpkin that aren't, THIS difficult?
as cool as it is, I'm not making the Deathstar...
October 30, 2007 -- 8:22 PM
posted by alison
maybe canadians like their inferiority complex.
it would seem as though edmonton does...
oh, and with respect to Audrey's, I'm going to go there this weekend, because not only does it suck to be an independent book seller in this market, but if no one supports them with this recent turn of events, how are they going to persist? that and I've found out there's a new Coupland and Bryson out... and I wanna look into them.
October 30, 2007 -- 6:46 PM
posted by Par
Kudos to Audreys for selling books at par (at a loss, no less), but the remarkable thing in that Journal story for me is this bit:
The prices of many books on Audreys bestseller shelves were set when they went to print months ago. At that time, the Canadian dollar was worth substantially less than its U.S. counterpart.Granted, there probably is additional expense in shipping and customs for bringing books to Canada, but in the past two years, the exchange rate hasn't been more than a 20% markup (the US dollar was last worth more than $1.20 Cdn in August of 2005).
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Random House has offered a 10-per-cent adjustment on their backlist titles, but they're still selling $21 paperbacks in Canada that sell for $14 in the U.S.
What's new isn't that the Canadian dollar has improved vs. the greenback (although the past six months have been rather phenomenal in that regard), it's that the math now is so easy for the customer to do at the bookstore. But the exchange-rate has been better than a 50% price difference (after a 10% discount) for a while now. They've had a rather long period of substantial profit based purely on Canadians' intuitive ideas about the strength of the Canadian dollar.
October 29, 2007 -- 9:52 AM
posted by mary
Hi Alison! Strawberries are sometimes touch and go for me - and it depends on how well they are washed. Crazy hey?
October 29, 2007 -- 8:00 AM
posted by Al
-That sucks about the laptop Beck.
-That sucks about the allergies Alison.
October 28, 2007 -- 11:09 PM
posted by alison
I'm developing yet more allergies... yay fruit of death club! Hey Mary, can you still eat strawberries? I seem to be hit or miss with them... "miss" leaving me in a state of panic until the Benadryl kicks in... at which point I fall asleep...
stupid hairy fruit.
October 28, 2007 -- 6:41 PM
posted by Beck
My laptop hard drive has failed... luckily still under warranty. No more lappy for 3-6 weeks.
October 28, 2007 -- 10:42 AM
posted by Par
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