In 2020, the revenue Canadian book publishers generated from titles sold to bookstores and other trade sales amounted to 353.6 million Canadian dollars. By contrast, books sold to libraries brought in revenue of just 4.8 million Canadian dollars.
Book sales revenue of book publishers in Canada in 2018 and 2020, by customer category
(in million Canadian dollars)
*This category includes educational libraries.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2018 and 2020. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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