National Book Count

The second Canadian Book Count conducted by the National Reading Campaign has finished and the reports are good!

The study found: 

• 3.4 million books were sold or circulated (or about five books per second)
• 1.15 million print books were sold by retailers, both national chains and more than 260 independent bookstores across Canada
• 111,053 English-language e-books were sold
• 2.1 million print books were borrowed from 28 participating library systems (covering more than 13.7 million people)
• 63,196 e-books were downloaded from the participating library

For more info you can read the brief on CBC.