BNC RESEARCH
The CANADIAN Book Market
A comprehensive overview of sales performance within the Canadian book industry for 2017.
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TABLE of Contents
1
Preface
74
Language Arts & Disciplines
2
What You’ll See on Every Page
76
Law
6
Getting to Know Book Buyers
78
Literary Collections
10
Total Market
80
Literary Criticism
12
Canadian-Owned Publishers
82
Mathematics
84
Medical
86
Music
14
Fiction
16
Fantasy
88
Nature
18
Historical
90
Performing Arts
20
Mystery & Detective
92
Pets
22
Romance
94
Philosophy
24
Science Fiction
96
Photography
26
Thrillers
98
Poetry
328 Non-Fiction
100
Political Science
102
Psychology
30
Antiques & Collectibles
104
Reference
32
Architecture
106
Religion
34
Art
108
Science
36
Bibles
110
Self-Help
38
Biography & Autobiography
112
Social Science
40
Body, Mind & Spirit
114
Sports & Recreation
42
Business & Economics
116
Study Aids
44
Comics & Graphic Novels
118
Technology & Engineering
46
Computers
120
Transportation
48
Cooking
122
Travel
50
Crafts & Hobbies
124
True Crime
52
Design
54
Drama
126
Young Adult (YA)
56
Education
128
Young Adult Fiction
58
Family & Relationships
130
Young Adult Non-Fiction
60
Foreign Language Study
62
Games
64
Gardening
134
Juvenile Fiction (includes YA)
66
Health & Fitness
136
Juvenile Non-Fiction (includes YA)
68
History
70
House & Home
138
Glossary
72
Humour
142
About BookNet Canada
1132 Juvenile (includes YA)
PREFACE
Welcome to the 2017 edition of The Canadian Book Market. Here are some notes on the data you’ll find in this report. Methodology:
Time period:
Comparable Stores:
s )N OUR NATIONAL RETAIL panel included over 2,000 store locations comprising chains, independents, newsstands, general retailers, online retailers, and library wholesalers.
s 4HE LAST WEEK COVERED IN The Canadian Book Market 2015 is the week ending Jan. 10, 2016. The last week of 2016 is the week ending Jan. 1, 2017.
s 4HIS TERM REFERS TO A lXED GROUP of approximately 665 stores that have consistently submitted sales data since 2013.
s 4HIS REPORT CONTAINS PRINT BOOK sales only. Ebook sales are not included. s 4HE FOCUS IN ON %NGLISH LANGUAGE trade book sales; other markets, such as education, are not represented. s DATA HAS BEEN UPDATED since The Canadian Book Market 2016. Updates to bibliographic data can cause the volume and value of sales to change from the previous edition of this publication.
Contents include: s COMPARATIVE DATA FROM and 2017 for over 50 subject categories, including the top sellers in 2017 for each category; as well as, s MARKET SHARE GRAPHS BY publisher and distributor, price-point analysis, and performance by publication date.
s 4OTALS FOR #OMPARABLE 3TORES DO not reflect totals for the whole market but allow for a more accurate view of year-over-year market and individual category fluctuations. s 4HE GROUP OF RETAILERS INCLUDED in our Comparable Stores data was updated for 2017 to include more retailers. As a result, this may cause differences when comparing data with previous editions of this publication.
Many thanks: I would be remiss not to extend my thanks to Pamela Millar, Director of Customer Relations, for ushering this edition of The Canadian Book Market out the door. She worked diligently compiling numbers, reviewing graphs, and finally putting it all together in a cohesive manner. Thanks also to Shimona Hirchberg, BookNet Research Intern, for spending numerous hours making all the graphs look just right, and to Bill Holt, BookNet DBA, for extracting all the data. Finally, I would like to acknowledge the ongoing support of the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Canada Book Fund, which made this publication possible. Sincerely, Noah Genner President & CEO, BookNet Canada
Also, included in this report, for the first time, is some top-level data from our Canadian Book Consumer research panel. By including this data, we hope to give you a more complete picture of the English-language book market in Canada.
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WHAT YOU’LL SEE on every even-numbered page
Listed below are definitions for the content you will see on each even-numbered page:
SUBJECT ANALYSIS > NON-FICTION > Gardening
Comparable Stores† Total Market 2017
1
All Stores
Value List
Volume
Value List
Volume
ISBNs Reported
ISBNs with Sales
$802,785,119.34
41,133,252
$1,034,009,187.98
51,449,622
834,675
697,238
Gardening 2017
$1,185,800.39
38,927
$1,576,355.21
51,477
3,033
2,470
Gardening 2016
$1,517,702.03
51,840
$1,789,664.89
61,880
2,909
2,233
Percent Change
-21.87%
-24.91%
-11.92%
-16.81%
4.26%
10.61%
0.15%
0.09%
0.15%
0.10%
0.36%
0.35%
Category Share of Total Market
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Gardening represents
UNIT SALES BY WEEK – COMPARABLE STORES† Volume 2017
Volume 2016
Volume 2015
Volume 2014
Volume 2013
0.10%
Median 2017
3,500
5
of all unit sales.
3,000
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WEEKLY SALES ANALYSIS
Units
2,500
2017 Value
2,000
1,500
1,000
Units
Median Week
$27,528.24
914
Average Week
$30,314.52
989
Best Week
$85,292.77
2,873
Slowest Week
$16,996.43
554 2016
500
8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Weeks
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PUBLISHER MARKET SHARE
Volume Sold 2016
$26,768.97
987
$34,416.63
1,190
Best Week
$93,040.70
3,007
Slowest Week
$14,433.52
502
Volume Sold 2017
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
Thomas Allen & Son
Lone Pine Publishing
Hachette Book Group
Quarto Publishing Group USA
Penguin Random House Canada
Storey Publishing
University of Toronto Press
Timber Press
Raincoast Book Distribution
8 Volume Sold 2016
Lone Pine Publishing
Chronicle Books*
Publishers Group Canada
Quarto Publishing Group UK*
Firefly Books
New Society Publishers
HarperCollins Canada
Firefly Books
Simon & Schuster Canada
Octopus Publishing Group
National Book Network
Green Candy Press*
Ingram Publisher Services
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
CreateSpace
Douglas and McIntyre*
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Chelsea Green Publishing*
Other
Other 0 * Publishers not present in 2016 Top 14.
Median Week Average Week
DISTRIBUTOR MARKET SHARE
Volume Sold 2017
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3
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
† Excludes
some retailer sales; refers to a subset of consistent retailers used for year-over-year comparison.
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4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
1 Total Market 2017:
aggregated sum of all sales tracked in BNC SalesData for items with both an ISBN and a bibliographic record.
Category 2017:
aggregated sum of 2017 sales within specified category.
Category 2016:
aggregated sum of 2016 sales within specified category.
Percent Change:
difference in sales within specified category between 2017 and 2016 as a percentage.
Category Share of Total Market:
percentage of market share of category as compared to the market as a whole.
Comparable Stores:
aggregated sum within specified category for a fixed group of retailers that reported POS throughout 2016 and 2017.
ISBNs Reported:
total number of ISBNs tracked by BNC SalesData in the category and in the market as a whole.
ISBNs with Sales:
total number of ISBNs tracked in the category and in the total market that had one or more sales recorded.
Unit Sales by Week – Comparable Stores:
sometimes referred to as a ring-fence, this is the aggregated sum of individual units sold by week for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 for a fixed group of retailers that reported sales throughout entirety of the 2013–2017 period.
Category Share of Total Market:
the percentage of market share the category sales represent as compared to the total units sold in the market as a whole.
Weekly Sales Analysis:
median and average sales over the year as well as the best and slowest weeks. Shown in value and units for 2016 and 2017.
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7 Publisher Market Share: ranking of the top 14 publishers by category according to sum of volume sold for 2016 and 2017. All additional publishers comprise the “other” category. 8 Distributor Market Share:
ranking of the top 14 distributors by category according to sum of volume sold for 2016 and 2017. All additional distributors comprise the “other” category.
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WHAT YOU’LL SEE on every odd-numbered page
Listed below are definitions for the content you will see on each odd-numbered page:
SUBJECT ANALYSIS > NON-FICTION > Gardening
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TOP 10 HARDCOVER Title
Contributor
ISBN
Publisher
Bind.
Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden: Grow, Harvest, and Arrange Stunning Seasonal Blooms
Benzakein, Erin; Chai, Julie
9781452145761
Chronicle Books
HT
Stuff Every Gardener Should Know
Meyer, Scott
9781594749568
Quirk Books
HT
$10.95
Gardenista: A Manual for Modern Outdoor Living
Slatalla, Michelle
9781579656522
Artisan
HT
$55.00
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
Stewart, Amy
9781616200466
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
HT
$34.95
Encyclopedia of Gardening
Dorling Kindersley Pub. Staff
9781553631958
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
HT
$55.00
Bonsai
Dorling Kindersley Pub. Staff
9781465419583
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
HT
$32.00
Raised Bed Revolution: Build It, Fill It, Plant It ... Garden Anywhere
Nolan, Tara
9781591866503
Quarto Publishing Group USA
HT
$36.00
Living with Plants: A Guide to Indoor Gardening
GeoFleur; Lee, Sophie
9781784880965
Hardie Grant Books
HT
$34.99
How Not to Kill Your Houseplant
Dorling Kindersley Pub. Staff; Peerless, Veronica
9781465463302
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
HT
$18.99
The Gardener's Garden: Midi Format
Musgrave, Toby; Chivers, Ruth
9780714874159
Phaidon Press
HT
$59.95
Title
Contributor
ISBN
Publisher
Bind.
Canadian Gardener's Guide
Johnson, Lorraine; Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
9781553632375
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
TP
$28.95
The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener: How to Grow Your Own Food 365 Days a Year, No Matter Where You Live
Jabbour, Niki
9781603425681
Storey Publishing
TP
List Price
$29.95
All New Square Foot Gardening: The Revolutionary Way to Grow More in Less Space
Bartholomew, Mel
9781591865483
Quarto Publishing Group USA
TP
$27.99
Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide
Gladstar, Rosemary
9781612120058
Storey Publishing
TP
$22.95
The Canadian Kitchen Garden
Peters, Laura; Beck, Alison
9781772130065
Lone Pine Publishing
TP
$24.95
9780762461561
Running Press Book Publishers
TP
$12.50
Running Press Staff
Food to Grow
Flowers, Frankie
9781443433990
HarperCollins Publishers
TP
$29.99
Indoor Edible Garden
Marshall, Janette; Allaway, Zia
9781465456878
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
TP
$28.95
The Cannabis Grow Bible: The Definitive Guide to Growing Marijuana for Recreational and Medicinal Use
Green, Greg
9781937866365
Green Candy Press
TP
$57.95
The Cannabis Grow Bible: The Definitive Guide to Growing Marijuana for Recreational and Medical Use
Green, Greg
9781931160582
Green Candy Press
TP
$41.50
MEDIAN AND AVERAGE PRICING
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FORMAT DISTRIBUTION Median List Price
Average List Price All Paper
2017
2016
70.73%
80.00%
2017
2016
2017
2016
Total
$27.95
$26.95
$30.96
$30.09
Mass Market
0.00%
0.01%
Mass Market
$13.95
$10.95
$13.95
$13.85
Trade Paper
70.73%
79.99%
Trade Paper
$25.50
$24.95
$26.82
$26.15
Other Paper
N/A
N/A
Hardcover Trade
$37.95
$38.24
$41.66
$42.01
All Hardcover
27.22%
17.24%
2.05%
2.76%
Other
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$41.00
TOP 10 PAPERBACK
Wee Little Garden Gnome: A Tiny Bit o' Luck
3
List Price
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1 Top 10 Hardcover
ranking is determined by volume of sales. All bibliographic data elements, including contributor, publisher, binding type, and list price, are supplied by publisher or distributor to RR Bowker. Includes all Hardcover Trade bindings.
Top 10 Paperback
ranking is determined by volume of sales. All bibliographic data elements, including contributor, publisher, binding type, and list price is supplied by publisher or distributor to RR Bowker. Paperback includes mass market, trade paper, paperback text, digest paperback, US-tall rack, and other paper bindings.
Median and Average Pricing:
display of median and average pricing by Mass Market, Trade Paper, and Hardcover trade binding types.
Format Distribution:
breakdown of units sold by binding type within the specified category, with format information provided by publisher feed to RR Bowker.
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3
4
Hardcover: Hardcover trade All Paper: Mass market, trade paper, paperback text, digest paperback, US-tall rack Other: Audio, bath book, blank book, book other format, board book, calendar, ebook, map, non-book merchandise, print other, rag book, software, video
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SUBJECT ANALYSIS > NON-FICTION > Gardening
Comparable Stores† Total Market 2017
All Stores
Value List
Volume
Value List
Volume
ISBNs Reported
ISBNs with Sales
$802,785,119.34
41,133,252
$1,034,009,187.98
51,449,622
834,675
697,238
Gardening 2017
$1,185,800.39
38,927
$1,576,355.21
51,477
3,033
2,470
Gardening 2016
$1,517,702.03
51,840
$1,789,664.89
61,880
2,909
2,233
Percent Change
-21.87%
-24.91%
-11.92%
-16.81%
4.26%
10.61%
0.15%
0.09%
0.15%
0.10%
0.36%
0.35%
Category Share of Total Market
Gardening represents
UNIT SALES BY WEEK – COMPARABLE STORES† Volume 2017
Volume 2016
Volume 2015
Volume 2014
Volume 2013
0.10%
Median 2017
3,500
of all unit sales.
3,000
WEEKLY SALES ANALYSIS
Units
2,500
2017 Value
2,000
1,500
1,000
Units
Median Week
$27,528.24
914
Average Week
$30,314.52
989
Best Week
$85,292.77
2,873
Slowest Week
$16,996.43
554
Median Week
$26,768.97
2016
500
8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31
0 Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Weeks
PUBLISHER MARKET SHARE
Average Week
$34,416.63
1,190
Best Week
$93,040.70
3,007
Slowest Week
$14,433.52
502
DISTRIBUTOR MARKET SHARE
Volume Sold 2017
Volume Sold 2016
Volume Sold 2017
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
Volume Sold 2016
Thomas Allen & Son
Lone Pine Publishing
Hachette Book Group
Quarto Publishing Group USA
Penguin Random House Canada
Storey Publishing
University of Toronto Press
Timber Press
Raincoast Book Distribution Lone Pine Publishing
Chronicle Books*
Publishers Group Canada
Quarto Publishing Group UK*
Firefly Books
New Society Publishers
HarperCollins Canada
Firefly Books
Simon & Schuster Canada
Octopus Publishing Group
National Book Network
Green Candy Press*
Ingram Publisher Services
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
CreateSpace
Douglas and McIntyre*
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Chelsea Green Publishing*
Other
Other 0 * Publishers not present in 2016 Top 14.
987
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
† Excludes
some retailer sales; refers to a subset of consistent retailers used for year-over-year comparison.
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2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
SUBJECT ANALYSIS > NON-FICTION > Gardening TOP 10 HARDCOVER Title
Contributor
ISBN
Publisher
Bind.
Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden: Grow, Harvest, and Arrange Stunning Seasonal Blooms
Benzakein, Erin; Chai, Julie
List Price
9781452145761
Chronicle Books
HT
$41.00
Stuff Every Gardener Should Know
Meyer, Scott
9781594749568
Quirk Books
HT
$10.95
Gardenista: A Manual for Modern Outdoor Living
Slatalla, Michelle
9781579656522
Artisan
HT
$55.00
9781616200466
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
HT
$34.95
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
Stewart, Amy
Encyclopedia of Gardening
Dorling Kindersley Pub. Staff
9781553631958
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
HT
$55.00
Bonsai
Dorling Kindersley Pub. Staff
9781465419583
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
HT
$32.00
Raised Bed Revolution: Build It, Fill It, Plant It ... Garden Anywhere
Nolan, Tara
9781591866503
Quarto Publishing Group USA
HT
$36.00
Living with Plants: A Guide to Indoor Gardening
GeoFleur; Lee, Sophie
9781784880965
Hardie Grant Books
HT
$34.99
How Not to Kill Your Houseplant
Dorling Kindersley Pub. Staff; Peerless, Veronica
9781465463302
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
HT
$18.99
The Gardener's Garden: Midi Format
Musgrave, Toby; Chivers, Ruth
9780714874159
Phaidon Press
HT
$59.95
TOP 10 PAPERBACK Title
Contributor
ISBN
Publisher
Bind.
Canadian Gardener's Guide
Johnson, Lorraine; Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
9781553632375
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
TP
$28.95
The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener: How to Grow Your Own Food 365 Days a Year, No Matter Where You Live
Jabbour, Niki
9781603425681
Storey Publishing
TP
$29.95
All New Square Foot Gardening: The Revolutionary Way to Grow More in Less Space
Bartholomew, Mel
9781591865483
Quarto Publishing Group USA
TP
$27.99
Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide
Gladstar, Rosemary
9781612120058
Storey Publishing
TP
$22.95
The Canadian Kitchen Garden
Peters, Laura; Beck, Alison
9781772130065
Lone Pine Publishing
TP
$24.95
Wee Little Garden Gnome: A Tiny Bit o' Luck
Running Press Staff
9780762461561
Running Press Book Publishers
TP
$12.50
Food to Grow
Flowers, Frankie
9781443433990
HarperCollins Publishers
TP
$29.99
Indoor Edible Garden
Marshall, Janette; Allaway, Zia
9781465456878
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
TP
$28.95
The Cannabis Grow Bible: The Definitive Guide to Growing Marijuana for Recreational and Medicinal Use
Green, Greg
9781937866365
Green Candy Press
TP
$57.95
The Cannabis Grow Bible: The Definitive Guide to Growing Marijuana for Recreational and Medical Use
Green, Greg
9781931160582
Green Candy Press
TP
$41.50
MEDIAN AND AVERAGE PRICING
FORMAT DISTRIBUTION Median List Price
Total
List Price
Average List Price All Paper
2017
2016
70.73%
80.00%
2017
2016
2017
2016
$27.95
$26.95
$30.96
$30.09
Mass Market
0.00%
0.01%
Trade Paper
70.73%
79.99%
Mass Market
$13.95
$10.95
$13.95
$13.85
Trade Paper
$25.50
$24.95
$26.82
$26.15
Other Paper
N/A
N/A
$42.01
All Hardcover
27.22%
17.24%
2.05%
2.76%
Hardcover Trade
$37.95
$38.24
$41.66
Other
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GLOSSARY
Bibliographic Information: All descriptive information on titles (e.g., author, title, publisher, subject). Bibliographic information is supplied by publishers to R.R. Bowker. Where an essential data point was unavailable (e.g., subject), title information could not be included. Binding Type: Book format as supplied by publishers to R.R. Bowker. s Hardcover includes Hardcover Trade (HT) s Paperback includes Digest Paperback (DP), Mass Market (MM), Trade Paperback (TP), and US-Tall Rack Paperback (TK) s Other includes Audio (AU), Bath Book (BJ), Blank Book (BB), Board Book (BH), Book Other Format (BK), Calendar (PC), Ebook (EB), Map (MP), Non-Book Merchandise (NM), Print Other (PR), Rag Book (BI), Software (SF), and Video (VD) Canadian-owned: For this analysis, a publisher is considered Canadian-owned if its main operational headquarters are in Canada. Publishers with offices operating in multiple countries are included if their head office is located in Canada (e.g., Harlequin Enterprises). Comparable Stores: A fixed group of retailers that have reported sales consistently between 2009 and 2017. Aggregate sales are provided for this group of retailers in each year and for each category to allow comparison of year-over-year sales unaffected by the addition of new reporting retailers. Contributor: The work’s author, editor, translator, or illustrator. Where more than one contributor exists, only the first contributor is listed. Distributor Market Share: The 14 top distributors of this category in 2017 and 2016, ranked by total volume sold.
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Format Distribution: The binding type distribution of units sold in this category. Format information is supplied by publishers to R.R. Bowker. s All Paper includes Mass Market, Trade Paper, and Other Paper s Other Paper includes Digest Paperback and US-Tall Rack Paperback s All Hardcover includes Hardcover Trade s Other includes Audio, Bath Book, Blank Book, Board Book, Book Other Format, Calendar, Ebook, Map, Non-Book Merchandise, Print Other, Rag Book, Software, and Video ISBNs Reported: The number of ISBNs sold, on hand, or on order in this category, according to data compiled and delivered from the weekly POS system feeds of all retailers contributing to BNC SalesData. ISBNs with Sales: ISBNs with reported sales, according to data compiled and delivered from the weekly POS system feeds of all retailers contributing to BNC SalesData. List Price: List price at the time of the publication of The Canadian Book Market 2017. Pricing information is supplied by publishers to R.R. Bowker. Median and Average Pricing: Calculations are based on list price. Pricing information is supplied by publishers to R.R. Bowker.
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GLOSSARY (continued)
Publisher Market Share: The 14 top publishers in this category in 2017 and 2016, ranked by total volume sold. In cases where a publisher is listed more than once (e.g., HarperCollins Publishers and HarperCollins Canada), the two listings may represent divisions from different countries (in this case, the US and Canada). Retailer Panel: Based on publisher feedback, we estimate that BNC SalesData represents 85% of book industry sales. Our panel does not yet include direct institutional sales to schools or college/university textbook sales. Subject: Subject classifications are based on the BISAC subject codes used by BNC SalesData. s Fiction includes all adult fiction titles s Non-Fiction includes all adult non-fiction titles s Young Adult includes all young adult fiction and non-fiction titles s Juvenile includes all juvenile fiction and non-fiction, including young adult Subject Category: Data is drawn from the most recent bibliographic information available at the time of calculation. Different editions of a book may appear under different subject categories if, for example, publisher data classifies a book’s hardcover edition as a Mystery and the mass-market edition as a Thriller. Subject classifications are supplied by publishers to R.R. Bowker.
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Top 10 Titles: Rank is determined by volume of sales, and includes all formats listed under Binding Types above. All bibliographic data elements, including contributor, publisher, binding type, and list price, are supplied by the publisher or distributor to R.R. Bowker. Total Market: The aggregate sum of all sales tracked in BNC SalesData for items with both an ISBN and a bibliographic record. Filtering out records without bibliographic data filters out non-book items such as bookmarks and coffee cups. Unit Sales by Week – Comparable Stores: The sum of units sold by week by a fixed group of retailers. This allows for a comparison of year-over-year sales, unaffected by the addition of new reporting retailers. Value List: The total sum of dollar value (by list price) of units sold according to data compiled and delivered from the weekly POS system feeds of all retailers contributing to BNC SalesData. Volume: The total sum of units sold according to data compiled and delivered from the weekly POS system feeds of all retailers contributing to BNC SalesData.
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ABOUT BookNet Canada
BookNet Canada is a non-profit organization that develops technology, standards, and education to serve the Canadian book industry. Founded in 2002 to address systemic challenges in the industry, BookNet Canada supports publishing companies, booksellers, wholesalers, distributors, sales agents, and libraries across the country. BookNet Canada’s services and research help companies promote and sell books, streamline workflows, and analyze and adapt to a rapidly changing market. BookNet Canada sets technology standards and educates organizations about how to apply them, performs market research, and tracks 85% of all Canadian print book sales through BNC SalesData. Industry-led and partially funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage, BookNet Canada has become, as The Globe and Mail puts it, “the book industry’s supply-chain nerve centre.” The Canadian Book Market 2017 is a comprehensive guide to the Canadian print market. BookNet Canada produces this annual report as part of our commitment to provide members of the Canadian book industry supply chain with the information they need to innovate and compete in today’s market.
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