BUDDY OR BULLY?

Independent bookstore owners in Canada say superstore giant Chapters pushes them around (“we are absolutely unable to compete with a monolith”). Because Chapters controls distribution, the book you buy for $9.95 in the US costs you $16 in Canada. But Chapters says it is good for the Canadian book business: “We believe we will bring efficiencies to the book industry that will actually make publishers more profitable, rather than less profitable.” – CBC