According to analysis by BookNet, sales of print books in Canada slipped nearly 10 percent in the third quarter this year compared to a year ago.Unit sales slipped 9.5 percent while dollar value fell 6.4 percent. The numbers are based by the tracking of 665 retail locations across the country.
The break-down of the segments are as follows:
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%
A recent study, also by Booknet, found that e-books were not entirely to blame, as over the first three quarters of 2012, it saw a decline from 17.55% of its 1,000 readers surveyed who purchased an e-book in the first quarter to 14.16% in the third quarter.
BookNet is a non-profit organization founded in 2002 for the Canadian book industry.
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