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Reports

Reading Together: Book Clubs in Canada


The percentage of Canadian book buyers who belong to a book club or reading group jumped from 7% in 2018 to 14% in 2019. This sudden increase in book club membership drew our attention and made us want to know more about the enigma that is book clubs: How do members find each other? What do they read? Where do they get their books? How do they hear about the books they suggest to their clubs?

We surveyed book club members across Canada to find the answers to these and other questions. You can find all our insights in this brand new study.

Read a sample and find links to purchase. SalesData and LibraryData subscribers can find a complimentary copy in the Research Portal.

Blog posts

Purls of wisdom: The rise of knitting in 2019

Knitting has been having a resurgence since at least 2013, but what’s going on with knitting book sales?
 

Into the Insta-verse: Should poets be on Instagram?

How has the rise of poetry on Instagram affected the subject as a whole? We hit the data to find out!
 

The holiday shopper and book buyer in 2019

It’s time to start thinking about holiday book buyers and how and where to reach them.

Find all our research blog posts here.

Coming up next

 

The State of Publishing in Canada

We'll soon be surveying publishers for our upcoming State of Publishing in Canada report, previously known as The State of Digital Publishing in Canada.

We will be finalizing our survey in early December. Is there something you'd like to know? A question we haven't previously asked? The report will be a comprehensive overview of the Canadian publishing industry (i.e., not limited to digital books), so we would love to hear your suggestions for new questions to ask. Send your thoughts to research@booknetcanada.ca.

 

In the meantime...


Curious about what the BNC Research team has been reading? Here are our most intriguing links from the last month: As always, don't hesitate to get in touch if there are questions you'd like our research team to investigate or to learn more about our custom studies. You can find a full list of all our research on our website.

All the best,

The BNC Research team
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