“We’re working on similar retail affiliate programs with Kobo and AbeBooks,” she said. The TPL is currently offering this service only on books with ISBNs, but Critchley said it will introduce a ‘Buy your own copy’ option for eBooks, CDs, DVDs and other materials in the future. Indigo’s home office is located in Toronto. “I’m glad the library is hooking up with a strictly Canadian company,” he said. And he said he appreciates that the TPL is supporting a local company. He added that this method of buying books online won’t hurt sales any more than sites such as Amazon have in the past. “I think most people go to libraries because they don’t want to buy books in the first place,” he said. What’s more, McNally isn’t worried that the partnership will affect the libraries or his business. “And if this means that Indigo is paying the library a referral fee then that’s good because then the library is getting some money.” “On the surface … if it encourages people to buy books, then that’s good,” he said.

“As a library user,” Simonds said, “it seems to me like a terrific service … Anything that guides readers to greater accessibility to books is a good thing.”īen McNally, owner of McNally Books at 366 Bay St., agrees with Simonds that there are many positive aspects to the new partnership. Merilyn Simonds, author and chair of The Writers’ Union of Canada, likes the idea. Great store, except you can buy every single book they have on their website for 20-60 less, new, with one or two day shipping. “(They) will now have an opportunity to purchase books and at the same time support their library.” “We know that many of our (patrons) do a mix of borrowing books from the library and buying their own copies,” she said. Ana-Maria Critchley speaks for the Toronto Public Library. Through it the TPL will receive a 5 per cent commission from the sale of every book customers buy online. This Retail Affiliate Program began in March 2013. Visitors searching for books on the site will see the option to ‘Buy your own copy,’ which will redirect them to Indigo’s webpage. Now in partnership with Indigo, the bookseller, the TPL has implemented a new system that allows its patrons to buy the same books they’re looking to borrow. Doll hairstyling costs between $5 and $25, while doll ear piercing costs $14.The Toronto Public Library has just found a new source of revenue. Doll clothing, books and movies are also available, as well as an in-store doll hair salon. Its dolls are expensive, retailing at $125 for larger ones and $90 for its ‘Bitty Baby’ line, marketed to younger children. Contemporary dolls have since been added. Started 25 years ago as a line of dolls and books depicting pre-teen girls in historical times, American Girl is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mattel. When finished, Indigo will house six American Girl shops – Yorkdale and Ottawa Rideau Centre Indigo locations already house American Girl boutiques. Each American girl boutique will measure between 1,400 and 1,800 square feet.

Both the West Edmonton Mall and Chinook Centre locations will also see 5,500 square foot additions.Īmerican Girl shops-in-stores will open at Indigo’s renovated Granville Street, Toronto Eaton Centre, Chinook Centre, and West Edmonton Mall locations. Each store will see its book assortment bolstered by thousands of additional titles, and additional retail space will be allocated to home décor, gift, paper, fashion, kids toys and gourmet. According to Indigo, Chapters locations at 2505 Granville Street in Vancouver, Edmonton’s West Edmonton Mall, Calgary Chinook Centre, and Calgary at 5005 Dalhousie Drive N.W., will be re-branded as Indigo. These locations, as well as Indigo flagships at Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre and Toronto Eaton Centre, will see substantial renovations.

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