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We've already cut back due to current industry trends. We've expanded into new markets to compensate, and have much potential for growth. The current economy (on both sides of the border) doesn't help, but we should manage, being a small company that can maneuver quickly.
What we've cut back are the number of book titles we publish per season, plus the size of the initial print runs. Print-on-demand has already come in handy in some instances (thank god it's stopped sucking). Inventory management is a killer when you deal with a third-party distributor and a quasi-monopolistic book chain.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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