placing it among the leading literary bookstores. Poetry, plays, essays, and French and international literature, as well as youth reading material are its forte. | Director Jean-Francois Chételat offers an incisive word of welcome: “The disappearance of books has been forecasted for the last fifty years. Radio, television, and videos were supposed to push them to extinction. The “information superhighway” is the new threat. We would like to turn this foe into a friend and use it to show the allure of books…” (http://www.cyberie.qc.ca/chronik/960119.html). Originally, the website’s address was mostly circulated around literary forums of the academic world, namely in the United States; now, however, the site is visited by Francophiles and Francophones from all over the world, and held in high regard by professors, students, and book trade shows who find it less costly, less time consuming, and less risky to have a book sent from Montreal than from Europe. The web site is now in its third generation. About 25% of its sales are from online orders, including from regions outside Quebec. In this new version of the site, both regular and new visitors, as well as professionals, will have many more tools at their disposal to save their search results, put books aside for future purchases, track the progress of their orders, and keep up to date on new titles. We are, of course, very happy to receive your comments about this new site. Ferdinand, your virtual bookstore. |















