CANADA BOOK MARKET BUCKS GLOBAL RECESSION TREND
October 1st, 2009
BY EMMA JACKSON
THE GLOBAL recession has left many industries in ruins, but the Canadian book industry has remained fairly insulated, reporting year-over-year increases in the first three quarters of 2009, according to BookNet Canada. This is a market research organisation analysing and tracking about 75% of Canadian book publishing sales.
Its third quarter results released October 29 revealed the country's total book market increased in volume by 3.8% and in value by 4.8% compared to the same quarter in 2008. Skyrocketing fiction sales played a huge factor, ...
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