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Profile of book publishing and exclusive agency, for English language firms
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1996-1997 |
1998-1999 |
2000-2001 |
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number |
| Firms |
| Publishers |
341 |
450 |
439 |
| Exclusive agents |
35 |
39 |
30 |
| Titles published1 |
8,043 |
10,757 |
11,452 |
| Textbooks |
1,222 |
1,881 |
2,011 |
| Children's books |
626 |
1,121 |
1,421 |
| Tradebooks |
3,718 |
4,677 |
4,980 |
| Other |
2,477 |
3,078 |
3,040 |
| Titles reprinted1 |
4,080 |
6,212 |
7,547 |
| Textbooks |
1,561 |
2,658 |
3,738 |
| Children's books |
593 |
844 |
847 |
| Tradebooks |
1,271 |
1,892 |
1,998 |
| Other |
655 |
818 |
964 |
| Total in print1 |
52,362 |
58,883 |
64,351 |
| Textbooks |
16,247 |
17,349 |
17,220 |
| Children's books |
5,376 |
5,818 |
6,565 |
| Tradebooks |
20,276 |
23,771 |
27,740 |
| Other |
10,463 |
11,945 |
12,826 |
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$ thousands |
| Sales in Canada |
1,232,061 |
1,352,382 |
1,443,168 |
| Own titles |
511,734 |
549,396 |
764,240 |
| Textbooks |
146,704 |
163,113 |
286,465 |
| Children's books |
41,332 |
44,221 |
48,203 |
| Tradebooks |
136,056 |
158,757 |
179,833 |
| Other |
187,642 |
183,305 |
249,740 |
| Exclusive agency |
720,327 |
802,985 |
678,928 |
| Textbooks |
203,901 |
253,606 |
139,790 |
| Children's books |
106,756 |
119,940 |
146,032 |
| Tradebooks |
348,422 |
386,849 |
333,772 |
| Other |
61,248 |
42,590 |
59,335 |
| Exports |
102,894 |
110,851 |
133,663 |
| Other foreign sales |
284,632 |
292,028 |
313,140 |
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number |
| Personnel |
| Full-time employees |
5,663 |
5,603 |
6,454 |
| Part-time employees |
946 |
1,031 |
1,238 |
| |
$ thousands |
| Total personnel expenses2 |
254,365 |
274,528 |
332,018 |
| Total revenue |
1,667,131 |
1,813,530 |
1,975,293 |
| Cost of sales |
823,406 |
902,518 |
979,207 |
| Total operating expenses |
765,409 |
791,353 |
843,240 |
| Before-tax profit margin |
78,315 |
119,659 |
152,845 |
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% |
| As a percentage of revenues |
4.7 |
6.6 |
7.7 |
| % of firms with a profit |
50.5 |
53.4 |
53.3 |
| Note: Includes
'other language' firms. |
| 1. Includes the activities of publishers
only. |
| 2. Includes salaries of full and
part-time staff as well as outside fees. |
| Source: Statistics
Canada, Culture, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics Division,
Catalogue no. 87F0004X. |
| Last modified: 2004-03-31. |
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