Bookstore of the Future Idea Exchange

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 5:30pm

The Arts and Letters Club
14 Elm Street
Toronto, ON

The Book and Periodical Council and the Book Publishers’ Professional Association present a thought provoking discussion on the role of bookselling in a changing market.

What will bookstores look like in the future? In a recent article, writer Sarah Sheard imagines small neighbourhood shops that offer coffee, cake, and print-on-demand books accessed electronically and printed while-you-wait. How will the advent of the e-book and quickly changing technology affect bookstores and the bookselling industry in the future?

Will writers soon simply upload their work onto an e-book retail platform and have it flow directly from there onto the latest e-reader? Or is the tactile pleasure of having multiple copies of books to browse through too much to give up?

The bookstore is continually evolving as a destination and a place of community. How will readership develop in both the physical and online communities in the future?

Come and join in the discussion along with:

Steven Beattie (moderator) – Writer/Critic, Quill & Quire

Dan Aronchick – Market Research Specialist, President, Out -Think Inc.

Mark Lefebvre – Book Operations Manager, Titles Bookstore

Sarah Sheard – Writer and Therapist

Becky Toyne – Freelance Editor and Publicist

Put the Idea Exchange at the top of your list for spring 2010 and join in an opinionated, impassioned, and no-holds barred discussion!
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Event runs from 5:30 – 7:00pm, doors open at 5:00pm. $10 suggested donation.

Please RSVP to publicity@theBPC.ca

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