There is lot of talk about e-readers and digital books. As there should be. New technology and new forms of reading are exciting and who doesn't like thinking about the future? But the fact that Raincoast is about to engage in a very large and detailed operation to move to a bigger warehouse that will ship print books to retailers across Canada, belies a fundamental truth about publishing: paper books will continue to flourish even as e-books find a place in our lives.

 

We feel so confident about this that we are moving to a new and larger space to accommodate the 29,000 distinct titles we currently stock. We hope to show you pictures of how we will move so many books in real-time as we move, but until then, here's to the future!