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Canadian Book sales have increased by $46 million in the first six months of 2021. Total sales were $463,780,134. Comparing the first six months of 2021 with the first six months of 2019 show that the book market in Canada is still running behind 2019, but has gained back much of the COVID-19 related losses that happened at the start of 2020.
Looking at the category trends for the first half of 2021:
The Juvenile/Young Adult category continues to dominate, accounting for 42% of all print book sales in the Canadian English-language trade market, up from its 41% share for the same period in 2020.
Non-Fiction follows with 30%, down slightly from 32% in 2020.