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Book publishing in Canada has grown through the end of 2023. Book publishers provide a range of services for authors including marketing; editing, design and typesetting; sales; and protecting intellectual property. Revenue is expected to grow at a CAGR of 0.3% to $2.7 billion through the end of 2023, including a hike of 1.8% in 2023 alone when profit will account for 5.5% of revenue.Profit has diminished despite the transition toward digital publishing, which is a consequence of increasing fixed broadband connections among Canadians. At present, the number of Canadians connected to the internet is higher than ever and still on the rise. Digital publishing lowers costs for many publishers, as it tends to be inexpensive in comparison with the process of publishing physical books. The decline of major bookstore chains has dramatically changed the landscape which has constrained revenue growth. With nonbook and online retailers increasingly becoming a more common mode of distribution, publishers will continue to focus on e-book sales.Moving forward, print sales will continue to decline as consumers turn toward e-books and other digital solutions. Publishers will endure growing pressure from media substitutes, which will only be exacerbated by rising levels of internet connectivity, effectively threatening smaller publishing companies. E-book sales will mitigate revenue losses from print books, but the advent of digital publishing will also make it easier for authors to publish their own works, limiting growth potential. Revenue is expected to grow at a CAGR of 1.2% to $2.8 billion through the end of 2028.
Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 0.3 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $2.7bn in 2023.
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Company | Market Share (%)
2023 | Revenue ($m)
2023 | Profit ($m)
2023 | Profit Margin (%)
2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Paramount Global | 136.3 | 7.0 | 5.1 | |
Thomson Reuters Corporation | 74.7 | N/A | N/A | |
Friesens Corporation | 63.1 | N/A | N/A |
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Children's and young adult books, Adult consumer books and Scholarly, professional and technical books. Children's and young adult books is the largest segment of the Book Publishing in Canada.
Children's and young adult books fall in popularity
Operators in this industry edit and design books, engage in marketing activities and make distribution agreements with operators in the Book, Magazine and Newspaper Wholesaling industry (IBISWorld report 42492). The industry includes e-book publishing, but excludes authors who are part of the Performers and Creative Artists industry (71151) or the Printing industry in Canada (32311CA).
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NAICS 511130 - Book Publishing in Canada
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The market size of the Book Publishing industry in Canada is $2.7bn in 2024.
There are 1,611 businesses in the Book Publishing industry in Canada, which has grown at a CAGR of 1.5 % between 2018 and 2023.
The market size of the Book Publishing industry in Canada has been growing at a CAGR of 0.3 % between 2018 and 2023.
Over the next five years, the Book Publishing industry in Canada is expected to grow.
The biggest companies operating in the Book Publishing market in Canada are Paramount Global, Thomson Reuters Corporation and Friesens Corporation
Discovering authors, stories or other content and Editing books are part of the Book Publishing industry.
The company holding the most market share in Canada is Paramount Global.
The level of competition is high and steady in the Book Publishing industry in Canada.