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 50 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 Scholarly
- Exporting Academic and Scholarly Books: A Guide for Canadian English-Language Publishers (2023)
- L’exportation des livres savants et universitaires : guide pour les éditeurs canadiens de langue française (2018)
- Exporting Academic and Scholarly Books (2016)
Africa
- English-Language Book Markets in Africa: A Guide for Canadian Publishers (2021)
- Le marché du livre en Afrique francophone : un guide pratique à l’intention des éditeurs canadiens (2020)
Asia-Pacific
- Contact List of the Livres Canada Books Virtual Trade Mission to Singapore (2021)
- Selling Canadian Books in Japan (2020)
- Selling Canadian Books in India (2018)
- Trade Mission to Shanghai, China (2017)
- Selling Canadian Books in Korea (2017)
- Selling Canadian Books in Australia (2017)
- Selling Canadian Books and Translation Rights in China (2016)
- Selling Canadian Books Into Japan (2014)
- Selling Canadian Books in Australia (2013)
- Scouting Mission to South Korea (2013)
- Scouting Mission to India and the New Delhi World Book Fair (2008)
Book Fairs
Canada
Europe
- Selling Canadian Books in Poland: A Guide for Canadian Publishers (2021)
- The Ukrainian Book Market: Prospects and Opportunities (2021)
- Brochure on the Ukrainian Book Market (2020)
- Contact List of the Livres Canada Books Virtual Trade Mission to Spain (2020)
- The Book Market in Germany for Canadian Publishers (2018)
- Selling Canadian Books In Germany (2015)
- Selling Canadian Books in Spain (2015)
- Scouting Mission to Turkey (2014)
- Scouting Mission to the Nordic Countries (2011)
France
- Les ventes hors librairie en France : un guide pratique à l’intention des éditeurs canadiens, 3e édition (2023)
- The Book Market in France: A Practical Guide for Canadian Publishers (2021)
- Exporter le livre canadien en France : Tome 1 (2015)
- Exporter le livre canadien en France : Tome 2 (2015)
- Les ventes hors librairie en France (2013)
Latin America
- Selling Canadian Books in Argentina: A Guide for Canadian Publishers (2022)
- Contact List of the Livres Canada Books Trade Mission to Mexico for Scholarly Publishers (2022)
- Selling Canadian Books in Colombia: A Guide for Canadian Publishers (2022)
- 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
- Contact List of the Livres Canada Books Trade Mission to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (2020)
- Scouting Mission to Israel (2015)
United Kingdom
- UK Publishers Association Member Catalogue (2021)
- Selling Canadian Books in the UK (2018)
- Selling Canadian Children’s Books in the UK (2013)
- Distribution and Sales in the UK (2013)
United States
- Distribution and Sales in the US: Part 1 (2022)
- Distribution and Sales in the US: Part 2 (2022)
- Distribution and Sales in the US: Part 3 (2022)
- US Sales Taxes by State: A Guide for Canadian Book Publishers in the Post-Wayfair Era (2019)
- Le marché du livre de langue française aux États-Unis (2019)
- Working with US Book Wholesalers: A Guide for Canadian Publishers (2019)
- Selling to Mass Merchandisers and Non-Traditional Accounts in the United States (2018)
- Distribution and Sales in the US: Part 1 (2014)
- Distribution and Sales in the US: Part 2 (2014)
- Distribution and Sales in the US: Part 3 (2014)
- Penetrating the US Retail Book Market (2013)
- Selling Canadian Children’s and Young Adult Books to US Trade and Specialty Markets (2012)
- Le marché du livre de langue française aux États-Unis (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)