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The article discusses window displays at the Type Books independent bookstore located on Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario. Topics include bookseller and artist Kalpna Patel's use of paper and fabric to create three-dimensional forms for the displays that change every six weeks, Patel's inspiration from Toronto's Allan Gardens Conservatory for a cactus garden themed display, and an increase in sales of the books featured in the displays.

These were led by the self-published cookbook Yum and Yummer by television chef Greta Podleski, the polemical self-help psychology book 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson (PRH Canada), and The Gown by Jennifer Robson (HarperCollins). Nonfiction titles have dominated the overall bestseller lists in Canada in the first six months of 2019, and sales in the segment were up 1.4% in 2019 over 2018, with all other categories down from last year. PHOTO (COLOR): First Book Canada together with PRH Canada donated free copies of Michelle Obama's Becoming to this Toronto school. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that Canada's publishing industry is celebrating its unique cultural identity in preparation for the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Canadian Confederation in 2017. It says that Indigo, Canada's bookstore chain, has displayed signs in many of its stores and in its head office reading, "The World Needs More Canada."

It was built up over decades by a lot of blood, sweat, and tears from people before me. Maclear writes in this book, "Our economic growth model assumes if you make something small (unless it is boutique and artisanal, and thus financially large or monumentally miniature), it is because you are somehow lacking and frail." It's that Rich Gibbons quote from Chapter 14 of my book-themed podcast 3 Books: "The more I know, the more I know I know nothing.". [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the success of the children's book industry of Canada. Orca publisher Andrew Wooldridge says that Canada has a good reputation on the world stage when it comes to publishing children's books. He adds that Orca was up 15% in 2015, on the strength of a number of good projects. He mentions that the Secrets series of novels by Kelley Armstrong sold 80,000 copies.

The article reports on the sales of electronic books (e-books) in Canada which leveled off for most part of 2015. According to a report from publishers HarperCollins Canada and Penguin Random House Canada, e-book sales represent 15%-16% of their total sales. Comments from Noah Genner of BookNet, Robin Philpot of Baraka Books, and Owlkids Books publisher Karen Boersma are mentioned.