BookNet Canada’s new tool, LibraryData, promises to provide ‘nationwide data on loans, holds, renewals, on-order, and collection holdings.’
BookNet Canada: Audiobook Purchases Show Little Change in 2019
Using a consumer survey, BookNet Canada has concluded that online book sales across the formats were slightly down in 2019. So were hardcover purchases.
In Canada, a Year-End Look at Bestsellers in Print Fiction, Nonfiction, and Kids’ Books
Listing bestselling work, BookNet Canada takes a look back at this year–and at a decade that started by putting ‘Fifty Shades’ on top.
BookNet: Canada’s Book Club Memberships Have Doubled This Year
According to a new report from BookNet Canada, 14 percent of Canadian book buyers belong to a book club, up from 7 percent last year.
BookNet Canada’s First ‘State of Independent Bookselling’ Report: Print Revenue Up
Citing 37 percent of revenue from frontlist titles, 63 independent bookstores with 80 locations respond to BookNet Canada’s new report.
BookNet Canada Reports Backlist Persisting as Chart-Toppers in 2019
Only one of the Top 10 performing titles on the Canadian English-language market in the first half of the year was frontlist content, BookNet reports.
Canadian Study: Library Patrons Tell Researchers They Buy More Books
New BookNet Canada research indicates that consumers who borrow books from libraries also purchase more books per month than those who don’t use libraries.
Today at Tech Forum in Canada: Taking Advantage of Change
Across a broad range of topics for conference, today’s Tech Forum in Toronto is geared to exploring how ‘to take advantage of the opportunities created by technological change to reach readers.’
Bestselling 2018 English-Language Books in Canada
BookNet Canada releases the country’s bestselling English-language book sales of 2018—for both Canadian authors and overall bestselling titles.
BookNet Canada: Sci-Fi, Women Leading Audiobook Consumption
Canadians say they listen to audiobooks while doing other things. In 2018, 54 percent of those surveyed by BookNet Canada prefer to listen on their phones.