With the first six months of 2017 behind us, we crunch some numbers on sales, format preferences, and and channel distribution in the English-language trade book market in Canada.
Digital revenue on the rise amid declining ebook sales
Ebook developer takes home $2,500 prize from Rakuten Kobo
Print poetry sales grew by 79% in 2016
The number of print Poetry books sold in Canada in 2016 grew 79% over the previous year, the largest jump of any subject category in that timeframe. While this is largely due to the success of Canadian poet Rupi Kaur's debut collection, Milk and Honey, the subject has been seeing incremental gains over the last few years.
New studies dive into Canada's most popular book genres
Online shopping and paperbacks see gains in 2016
Ebook designers will battle it out at ebookcraft 2017
Canadian print book market holding steady in 2016
Accessibility a growing priority for publishers of digital books
ebookcraft's inaugural design competition has its first winner
ebookcraft's first-ever ebook design competition, So You Think You Can Code (SYTYCC), came to a close on March 31 when the 2016 grand prize winner was announced live to an excited crowd of conference attendees. Congratulations are due to Rebecca Springer, who took home the $2,500 cash prize courtesy of Rakuten Kobo, subscriptions to Adobe Creative Cloud and FlightDeck, and eternal nerd glory.
The first-ever Loan Stars list has arrived
Loan Stars, a new readers' advisory service fuelled by the votes and reviews of Canadian library staff, has officially launched with its first monthly list. The list, featuring the top 10 books being released this May, was generated through a collaborative voting process hosted on e-catalogue service BNC CataList and will be published at loanstars.ca.
Adult colouring books provide boost for Non-Fiction in 2015
The overall print book market in Canada remained relatively steady in 2015, with a 0.8% increase in units sold (52.6 million) and a 1.6% increase in value ($983.4 million) over last year. While fiction saw unit sales fall by 0.9% (accompanied by a 3.5% increase in value), non-fiction books saw unit sales increase by 5.5% and overall value rose by 2.8%.
Rakuten Kobo to provide $2,500 cash prize for ebook design competition
For ebook designers with the necessary swagger, there are some major prizes at stake this spring at ebookcraft 2016. The inaugural So You Think You Can Code ebook design competition will include a $2,500 cash prize courtesy of e-reading company Rakuten Kobo, alongside a one-year subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud ($900 value) and a three-month 25-titles-per-month subscription to FlightDeck ($120 value).
Women will be front-and-centre at books-meet-tech conferences
Print book sales were up in 2015
Ebook design competition debuts this spring
The future of ebook design will get competitive this March when designers and developers compete to design the perfect digital book for prizes and nerd glory at ebookcraft 2016. The inaugural So You Think You Can Code competition is open to all attendees and will be judged by a roster of superstar digital production professionals.
Canadian publishers remain committed to digital books
Juvenile Market Strong in 2014
BookNet Canada and Retail Council of Canada Launch Indie Bestsellers List
Mobile E-reading on the Rise
In 2013, the majority of Canadians who read ebooks intended to read them on e-readers, but mobile reading is on the rise, according to a report released today by BookNet Canada. The Canadian Book Consumer 2013: Digital Sales and Trends is the final report in a series of three studies based on quarterly surveys conducted by BookNet Canada in 2013.
