CANADA SALES TRACKING
May 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIECANADIAN booksellers will soon know promptly which books are the most popular across their national market, with the introduction of a new book sales-tracking system in June. BookNet Canada, a non-profit organisation, will introduce a BNC Sales Data Service collecting sales information from retailers nationwide to produce weekly reports. Canada is unusual amongst major English language book markets for lacking such a system; Britain has had one since 1995, the USA from 2001. Subscribing to BookNet will be free for retailers, but publishers will pay ...
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