Market Guides
Leveraging over 40 years of experience in the publishing industry, Livres Canada Books has become a trusted source of original, accurate and insightful market intelligence for Canadian book exporters.
Our growing collection of more than 20 guides and reports provides dependable information about specific foreign markets, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Scandinavia, China, Korea and Australia. We also offer export-focused reports on particular market segments such as children’s books, French-language books, retail, wholesale and libraries.
Written by industry insiders specially commissioned by Livres Canada Books, the guides cover export and rights sales, distribution, retail and Internet sales, book clubs, trade fairs and more. They include vital information on reading and book-buying habits, title categories and formats, publishers and sales channels, copyright and translation information, as well as comprehensive resource listings.
Academic and Scholary
Asia-Pacific
- Selling Canadian Books in Australia (2017)
- Selling Canadian Books in Korea (2017)
- Selling Canadian Books and Translation Rights in China (2016)
- Selling Canadian Books Into Japan (2014)
- Scouting Mission to South Korea (2013)
- Selling Canadian Books in Australia (2013)
- Scouting Mission to India and the New Delhi World Book Fair (2008)
Book Fairs
Canada
Europe
- Russian Publishers Association – List of Selected Contacts (2018)
- Selling Canadian Books in Spain (2015)
- Selling Canadian Books In Germany (2015)
- Scouting Mission to Turkey (2014)
- Scouting Mission to Russia (2012)
- Scouting Mission to the Nordic Countries (2011)
Latin America
- Scouting Mission to Bogotá, Colombia (2017)
- Selling Canadian Books in Brazil (2017)
- Selling Canadian Books in Mexico (2016)
- Scouting Mission to São Paulo, Brazil (2010)
Middle East
United Kingdom
- Selling Canadian Children’s Books in the UK (2013)
- Distribution and Sales in the UK (2013)
- Selling Canadian Books in the UK (2012)
- Survey of UK Distributors and Sales and Marketing Organizations (2005)
United States
- Distribution and Sales in the US: A Guide for Canadian Publishers Part 3 (2014)
- Distribution and Sales in the US: A Guide for Canadian Publishers Part 2 (2014)
- Distribution and Sales in the US: Part 1: The US Marketplace (2014)
- Penetrating the US Retail Book Market (2013)
- Marketing to US Libraries (2013)
- Le marché du livre de langue française aux États-Unis (2012)
- Selling Canadian Children’s and Young Adult Books to US Trade and Specialty Markets (2012)
- Sales and Distribution Options for Canadian Publishers in the US (2011)
- Selling to Mass Merchandisers and Non-Traditional Accounts in the US (2007)
- Working with US Book Wholesalers (2007)
- Case Studies on Marketing Books in the United States (2003)