A 2023 Consumer survey by BookNet Canada highlighted rising prices and buying trends in the country. Around 48% of 4,270 participants said they bought new books in 2023, 22 percent of whom say they bought secondhand books, and 24 percent of whom say they borrowed books from the library. The percentage of Canadians who bought books in 2023 is dropping in the price range of … [Read more...] about Growing Book Prices: BookNet Canada’s Survey
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Meta Will Be Testing Their News Block Initiative in Canada
Meta has stopped featuring news content for some users in Canada after the Online News Act was introduced. As per the reports, about 1 to 5% of Canadian users needed help to check/share news content on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Media organizations will be chosen randomly and notified about blocking their news content for some users during the test. … [Read more...] about Meta Will Be Testing Their News Block Initiative in Canada
Spotify is selling audiobooks in Canada
Spotify started selling audiobooks late last year. Customers buy them from the Spotify website, and they appear in your library and can be listened to on all their apps and smart speakers. They currently have a catalogue of over 350,000 titles, which is growing. Spotify has announced that its audiobook service is now available in Canada in English and French. Audiobooks, … [Read more...] about Spotify is selling audiobooks in Canada
Everything you need to know about Canadian reading habits
Booknet Canada released a new leisure time report and it found some interesting facts when it came to reading. A survey of 1,000 readers, in the past year found that 45% read digital books only, 49% listened to at least one audiobook, 64% read multiple formats, and 1% listened exclusively to audiobooks. Audiobook consumption is on the rise and listening is primarily done via … [Read more...] about Everything you need to know about Canadian reading habits
Indigo Books lays off 5,200 employees
Indigo is the largest bookselling chain in Canada and they closed all of their stores on March 17th and said at the time they would reopen on March 27th. This date, came and went and right now there is no timeline when they will open again, but it will likely be months. The company has disclosed to Good e-Reader that they have laid off 5,200 of their 7,000 employees. Indigo … [Read more...] about Indigo Books lays off 5,200 employees
Canadian ebook sales represent 17% of total book sales
Canadians tend to be enamoured with the print format and over the past three years there has been little change. Paperback books represent 49% of all purchases, which is slightly down from 54% in 2016. Meanwhile hardcover sales have increased and now represent 26% of total sales, which is up from from 24% in 2016). Digital books have fluctuated from 17% in 2016 to 19% in … [Read more...] about Canadian ebook sales represent 17% of total book sales
Canadian library users are book buyers
Canadians who both buy and borrow books purchase more books, on average per month, than buyers who don't use the library at all. According to a new BookNet Canada study, Borrow, Buy, Read: Library Use and Book Buying in Canada, those who had both borrowed a book from a library and purchased one in the last year purchased an average of 3.0 books per month, whereas those who had … [Read more...] about Canadian library users are book buyers
29% of Canadians use an e-Reader
Canadians love to read digitally and Booknet Canada recently released new information on what devices are used the most. Almost everyone who reads ebooks (90%) own a smartphone, 70% own a tablet, and 42% own a dedicated e-reader. Most ebook readers prefer to read on a tablet (32%), though this is down 3% from the previous year, continuing a slight downward trend in recent … [Read more...] about 29% of Canadians use an e-Reader
Canadian print book sales remain flat between 2017 and 2018
Print book sales in the Canadian English-language trade market remained flat in 2018 when compared to the year previous, according to sales reported to BNC Sales Data by a subset of comparable retailers used for year-over-year analysis. There was also little change in the breakdown between Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Juvenile sales. In 2018, 39.5% of all print books sold were in … [Read more...] about Canadian print book sales remain flat between 2017 and 2018
The Canadian audiobook industry is on the rise
Audiobooks are a booming business; the American Association of Publishers reported that the category now out-earns mass-market paperbacks. Many Canadian publishers are now creating audiobooks using narrators and production companies in Toronto and Vancouver. Companies such as Audible and Kobo are also producing original content, buying the rights to Canadian authors … [Read more...] about The Canadian audiobook industry is on the rise
Canadian Coalition Wants to Address eBook Piracy
A broad coalition of media organizations comprising of Bell, Cineplex, Directors Guild of Canada, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, Movie Theatre Association of Canada, and Rogers Media has formed a new organization called FairPlay, which seeks to address rampant piracy in Canada. They want to lobby for new rules with the CRTC to form a national blocklist that will mandate … [Read more...] about Canadian Coalition Wants to Address eBook Piracy
Amazon Fire 7 and Fire HD 8 Now Available in Canada Sans Alexa
Amazon has just announced that the Fire 7 and Fire HD 8 are now available in Canada. These tablets do not come with Alexa, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense since the Echo Plus and other products just became available in the past few weeks. The Fire 7 features a thin and light design, a 7-inch IPS display with high contrast and sharp text, long battery life with up to … [Read more...] about Amazon Fire 7 and Fire HD 8 Now Available in Canada Sans Alexa
Audible Launches in Canada with Hundreds of French Titles
Audible has launched in Canada and updated their audiobook app for Android and iOS. There is over 300,000 audiobooks available to purchase or download for free, in addition to 100 new titles from Canadian authors in English and French. The company also has a French version of their main homepage and is curating titles to appeal towards people who speak the language. In order … [Read more...] about Audible Launches in Canada with Hundreds of French Titles
Canadians are starting to read more books on their smartphones
Smartphone reading is on the rise in Canada and 20% of readers are now consuming ebooks on their mobile devices, which is a 6% increase over last year. This has mostly been at the expense of e-readers (used by 23% of Canadian readers), which is down by 5% since last year. Booknet Canada recently conducted a survey with 750 respondents and asked if they had read or listened … [Read more...] about Canadians are starting to read more books on their smartphones