Canada’s Export Exchange program invited speakers from various creative industries—including video games, music, and fashion—to speak about their experiences in building global audiences and brands to a gathering of Canadian publishers.
Reading in the Age of Screens
Editorial by Chad W. Post Contemporary life is lived through screens. Initially, it was the TV that invaded our families and took over our free time. Now it’s computers, smartphones, tablets; it’s email, digital files, the cloud. For better or worse, the past quarter-century (or more) has powered a move away from the physical and into cyberspace — especially in …
Do Book Reviews Need a Numerical Rating System?
Most book reviews rely on a star system to rate books, but wouldn’t a more precise numerical system be better? By Edward Nawotka In today’s lead editorial Chad Post wonders whether book reviews that offer a clear numerical rating system would be more engaging to readers than reviews that don’t offer a clear “numerical baseline” against which readers can react. …