BNC SalesData: Report on Canadian Book Sales
F2012 Q3 (July – September 2012)
TORONTO – December 4, 2012 – In the third quarter of 2012, the overall market is down in volume and value when compared to Q3 2011. All categories experienced a dip but non-fiction was the most affected. Fiction and juvenile volumes were down more than values—fiction sales were almost even with last year’s third quarter in terms of dollars.
Total market (All):
Volume: -9.54%
Value: -6.42%
Fiction (All):
Volume: -7.12%
Value: -0.31%
Non-Fiction (All):
Volume: -12.36%
Value: -13.06%
Juvenile (All):
Volume: -10.13%
Value: -6.03%
All figures for this report have been drawn from BookNet Canada’s national book sales tracking system, BNC SalesData, using the year-over-year sales from a fixed panel of 665 retail locations from across the country.
We maintain this 665-store subset of our 1,600 reporting stores, also known as a ring fence, which includes only stores that have been contributing data since 06-07. These are the only stores we look at for year-over-year comparisons. Any stores that have been added since 2007 are excluded from year-over-year calculations. This means that the addition of new stores in the past two years is not a factor in any reported change in market performance.
BNC SalesData tracks approximately 75% of the Canadian book market with data from over 1,600 retail sources, including chains, independents, online, college/university stores, and non-traditional bookstores, such as specialty and discount stores.
For more market analysis and information on BookNet Canada and BNC SalesData, please visit BookNet Canada’s website at www.booknetcanada.ca.
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Contact
Samantha Francis
Marketing & Communications Manager
BookNet Canada
sfrancis@booknetcanada.ca
416-362-5057 x231
