SalesData & LibraryData

More intelligence for better business

SalesData collects weekly point-of-sales data from over 2,000 retail outlets across Canada, covering an estimated 85% of the Canadian trade print book market.

LibraryData collects weekly circulation data from over 80 public libraries across Canada representing approximately 25% of the Canadian English-language population.

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For publishers

  • Conduct current and historical market research
  • Check the on-hand and on-order quantities for your titles
  • Use historical data to plan print runs
  • See stock inventory at the retailer level

For retailers

  • Free access when you submit your point-of-sale data
  • Gap analysis reports let you see if you’re missing out on potential sales
  • Analyze trends by subject, price, and format
  • See what’s in demand in the market and in libraries

For libraries

  • Share circulation and collection stats with your partners
  • Collection Gaps reports identify books missing from your collection that are top-performing at other libraries or in the retail market
  • Aggregated library circulation data for libraries across Canada

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Why sign up for SalesData & LibraryData?

Free and exclusive research

Get monthly market recaps, subscriber pricing for The Canadian Book Market, plus subscriber-only reports on topics such as perennial bestsellers.

Business insights

Investigate market shifts to identify sales opportunities. Examine circulation and sales trends by genre, regions, authors, price, format and more.

See what’s popular

Be the first to know each week’s bestsellers and top-circulated titles. Set up the reports you want and have them sent to your inbox every week.

Two subscriptions in one

SalesData & LibraryData access are both included in your subscription. Contrast and compare books that are selling and books that are borrowed.

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What SalesData & LibraryData users are saying:

“We are very happy as [LibraryData is] able to complete reports for us that our ILS can’t replicate.”

“As an independent bookseller, I’ve loved the tools provided by BookNet Canada. SalesData gives me insights into what’s selling across the country as a whole, including at big box stores, online, and at other indies.”

Support and learning

What are ISBN clusters?

LibraryData reports display title-level data broken out by ISBN clusters. This differs from SalesData, which reports data at a per-ISBN level. This page explains how ISBN clusters are used and answers some common questions!

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SalesData reports

There are many different reports available to you in SalesData that each show you a different facet of the data we collect. Find out what they do, their specific features, and who should use them.

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LibraryData reports

See the different reports available to you in LibraryData that will allow you to gain deeper insight into your collections. Find out what they do, their specific features, and who should use them.

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