The Canadian Book Market

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The Canadian Book Market is a comprehensive guide to the Canadian market with in-depth category data. For the first time this year, data on the circulation of library books in Canada is also included. It's an indispensable tool for publishers, booksellers, librarians, authors, and anyone interested or involved in the Canadian book industry.

Featuring over 50 top subject categories:

Antiques & Collectibles, Architecture, Art, Bibles, Biography & Autobiography, Body, Mind & Spirit, Business & Economics, Classics, Comics & Graphic Novels, Computers, Cooking, Crafts & Hobbies, Design, Drama, Education, Family & Relationships, Fantasy, Foreign Language Study, Games, Gardening, Health & Fitness, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, House & Home, Humour, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Non-Fiction, Language Arts & Disciplines, Law, Literary Collections, Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, Mathematics, Medical, Music, Mystery & Detective, Nature, Performing Arts, Pets, Philosophy, Photography, Poetry, Political Science, Psychology, Reference, Religion, Romance, Science, Science Fiction, Self-Help, Social Sciences, Sports & Recreation, Study Aids, Technology & Engineering, Thrillers, Transportation, Travel, True Crime, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Non-Fiction, and Women’s Fiction.