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BookNet Canada press release archive

BookNet Canada is the source for Canadian book market analysis, consumer research, and industry thought leadership.

May 5, 2026

Canadians are reading Canadian authors in 2025
March 31, 2026

Sales of books by Canadian authors and Canadian publishers up in 2025
March 31, 2025

Louise Penny’s The Grey Wolf and Nita Prose’s The Maid are the top-selling and top-loaned books by Canadian authors in 2024
September 5, 2024

BookNet Canada mourns the passing of President & CEO Emeritus Noah Genner
June 11, 2024

Share of Canadians who prefer audiobooks continues to grow
May 31, 2024

BookNet Canada Announces New CEO
April 2, 2024

Royal memoir top-seller in Canada in 2023
May 30, 2023

Comics and graphic novels rise in popularity for Canadians in 2022
April 12, 2023

The largest repository of professional development content for the book publishing industry
March 30, 2023

Canadians reading more Romance in 2022
September 20, 2022

Majority of publishers see increase in revenue in 2021
May 18, 2022

Smartphone use doubles for audiobook listening in 2021
March 24, 2022

Young Adult titles increase market share in 2021
October 6, 2021

Shipping costs up for Canadian independent bookstores in 2020
August 3, 2021

Canadian readers agree that books should represent a variety of experiences
May 19, 2021

Canadians had more leisure time in 2020
April 1, 2021

Juvenile Non-Fiction titles make big gains in English book market
September 29, 2020

International Green Book Supply Chain Alliance
September 8, 2020

Majority of Canadian publishers considered their companies healthy in 2019
April 21, 2020

Readers are much bigger podcast listeners than non-readers

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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, industry associations, literary agents, media, and libraries across the country.

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