BookExpo Canada Opens – Where Do Canadians Buy Books?

The Canadian book industry is gathering in Toronto this weekend for BookExpo Canada. “Among the concerns for booksellers this year is an emerging U.S. trend for publishers such as Penguin Books to sell directly to the public through their website.” A new study of Canadians’ book-buying habits says that “59 per cent buy at the national chain Indigo, 28 per cent buy at smaller independents and the number that buy only on the Internet is ‘inconsequential’.”