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Profile of book publishing and exclusive agency, for French language firms
| |
1996-1997 |
1998-1999 |
2000-2001 |
| |
number |
| Firms |
| Publishers |
157 |
193 |
180 |
| Exclusive agents |
16 |
18 |
15 |
| |
$ thousands |
| Titles published1 |
3,313 |
3,682 |
4,255 |
| Textbooks |
1,176 |
1,114 |
1,210 |
| Children's books |
526 |
569 |
858 |
| Tradebooks |
1,188 |
1,498 |
1,740 |
| Other |
423 |
501 |
447 |
| Titles reprinted1 |
3,527 |
4,050 |
4,455 |
| Textbooks |
2,335 |
2,492 |
2,793 |
| Children's books |
364 |
428 |
742 |
| Tradebooks |
614 |
853 |
752 |
| Other |
214 |
277 |
168 |
| Total in print1 |
35,844 |
41,431 |
49,049 |
| Textbooks |
13,154 |
14,748 |
16,495 |
| Children's books |
3,482 |
4,115 |
5,207 |
| Tradebooks |
15,097 |
17,307 |
22,442 |
| Other |
4,111 |
5,261 |
4,905 |
| Sales in Canada |
303,983 |
334,309 |
371,095 |
| Own titles |
160,777 |
187,403 |
196,855 |
| Textbooks |
98,029 |
111,221 |
108,367 |
| Children's books |
12,526 |
15,121 |
17,218 |
| Tradebooks |
35,661 |
43,735 |
52,204 |
| Other |
14,561 |
17,325 |
19,066 |
| Exclusive agency |
143,206 |
146,906 |
174,240 |
| Textbooks |
5,747 |
4,532 |
4,382 |
| Children's books |
19,719 |
26,082 |
34,650 |
| Tradebooks |
81,592 |
77,006 |
79,141 |
| Other |
36,148 |
39,286 |
56,068 |
| Exports |
17,717 |
22,325 |
20,862 |
| Other foreign sales |
12 |
53 |
271 |
| |
number |
| Personnel |
| Full-time employees |
1,570 |
1,771 |
2,172 |
| Part-time employees |
295 |
267 |
393 |
| |
$ thousands |
| Total personnel expenses2 |
67,170 |
77,949 |
90,757 |
| Total revenue |
345,101 |
394,932 |
439,281 |
| Cost of sales |
199,517 |
230,284 |
250,125 |
| Total operating expenses |
139,612 |
146,865 |
174,238 |
| Before-tax profit margin |
5,973 |
17,783 |
14,918 |
| |
% |
| As a percentage of revenues |
1.7 |
4.5 |
3.4 |
| % of firms with a profit |
52.0 |
63.5 |
64.6 |
| 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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