Quintin Jardine's blog

Ever heard of a Kobo? I hadn’t either until I saw a stall on Granville Island with that name above it. My son and I had a look, and found that it was a wireless e-reader backed by Indigo, the biggest Canadian retailer, (clue: Kobo is an anagram) Kindle style, but not Kindle. We both have those, so we weren’t potential customers, but they were having a draw, so we filled in forms and gave them our email addresses which was all it took. Ten minutes later one of the ladies came across to the festival office to tell him that he’d won it.