What sets a Cookbook buyer apart from other book buyers? What is their… secret ingredient, you might say?
In our last infographic of the year, we extract buying patterns from our In-Depth Reader Profiles to whip up this picture of the Average Cookbuyer Buyer.
Where does the average Romance book buyer purchase books? How do they discover them? Do they prefer print or e-readers? What turns them on? (Okay, we didn’t ask that last one. But the rest are true.)
In this latest, sultry infographic from our In-Depth Reader Profiles, we take an intimate look at the average Canadian who purchases Romance books.
Canadian book buyers across the country have a lot in common. We buy more print books than ebooks, we almost always pay full price, and we’re most likely to discover our books online, though we prefer to buy them in-store.
There’s something about indies! Learn about book-buying habits at indie bookstores, including how books are discovered, what formats are most popular, and why buyers choose indies.
Did you know about the Indie Bestsellers List provided by BookNet and the Retail Council of Canada? Learn more here.
Our research intern Sarah Lye shares the highs and hurdles of her last few months at BookNet and how they’ve changed her forever. Take it away, Sarah!
This experience I’ve had as the BookNet intern has been wonderful in many ways: geeky, friendly, professional, and full of networking goodness. I feel lucky to have been given the opportunity and want to share with you how some of the things I’ve done and learned are going to change me forever.
In this infographic, we take a look at the average Canadian who purchases Business books.
Backlist is one of the foundations of the publishing industry. Books that sell reliably year after year might not be new and exciting, but they are a sure bet for booksellers’ shelves.
So what are these faithful favourites that show strong and steady sales long after their publication date? Which titles are the most reliable for retailers to keep in stock? That’s the subject of BookNet’s latest study, Perennial Bestsellers: The Most Reliable Books to Stock by Category, 2010–2013.
It was a dark and stormy night. A wolf howled in the distance. A hooded figure curled up in an armchair and opened a book…
If that book’s genre is Mystery, chances are that our reader is a woman. But how old is she? Where did she buy her book, and what format is she reading in? BookNet research followed the trail of clues (okay, we did the consumer research)…
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