Do Canadians Read More Than Americans?

An Amazon review of Much Ado About Corona from a reader in New York:

"...I initially thought that at 500 pages, it would be an intimidating read! However, I sailed through Part 1 the first night, Part 2 the second night, and finished the book on the third day. Each of the five [parts] is about 100 pages. As you get caught up in the narrative, it goes really fast. The story is hard to put down..."

Currently Amazon.com shows 26 reviews and Amazon.ca 35 reviews. The US has almost nine times more people than Canada. You'd think there'd be nine times more reviews. Does this mean Canadian are more literate than Americans?

Just kidding, Yankees. (Though, according to Professor Brenna Gray, literacy rates in the U.S. are actually about 10 percent worse than in Canada.)

Regardless of which nation reads more books, Amazon will start giving Much Ado About Corona more publicity when it reaches 100 reviews. So for those who have not left a review, please do so on the Amazon nearest you.

You can still leave a review, even if you didn't buy it from that big bad monopolistic corporation. You do, however, have to be a customer. But you can become one without selling your soul to Jeff Bezos — just buy a loss leader like toilet paper. Or another copy of Much Ado About Corona for a friend or family member (who, depending on which side of the electric fence they sit on, may use it as toilet paper).

Stay sane & read more,
John C. A. Manley

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