Smartphone Reading Is on the Rise

Smartphone users are used to reading on their phones: texts, tweets, emails, news, social media sites, blogs… but do they also read books?

As part of a two-year consumer study, BookNet Canada asked book buyers whether they read books on their phone and, if so, how frequently. This question was asked of over 1,000 book-buying Canadians per quarter from the beginning of 2012 up until the end of the third quarter of 2013.

Finding Award-Winners on CataList

Canadians love their books. A recent National Reading Campaign survey found that 95% of Canadians read for pleasure, and books are their preferred reading format. But with so much out there to read, how does anyone decide what to pick up next?

Often, avid readers’ holiday wishlists are filled with the winners and finalists of Canadian book awards such as Canada Reads, the Giller Prize, and the Governor General’s Literary Awards. To make it easy for retailers and libraries to find and order Canadian award finalists, we’ve created catalogues for all the major awards on BNC CataList.