well Merry Christmas anyway

The word from Random House; the largest publisher in the game, is that parity won't mean much until the New Year.
In the meantime, we Canadian booksellers will just have to tread water and return everything that's not priced accordingly, I guess.

And for what it's worth, I've never in my life heard the phrase 'windfall profits" associated with any aspect of the book trade.
Just saying.

Posted by Dave