Most popular book formats for book buyers in Canada 2018

The statistic presents the distribution of book purchases among adults in Canada from 2016 to 2018, sorted by format. The data reveals that 49 percent of respondents said that they bought paperback books, making this the most popular format among Canadian book buyers who took part in the survey, despite paperback purchases having dropped slightly between 2016 and 2018.

Distribution of book purchases among adults in Canada from 2016 to 2018, by format

Characteristic	Paperback	Hardcover	E-books	Audiobooks	Other
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Release date

June 2019

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2016 to 2018

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The sample sizes for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 were as follows:
2016 n = 1,827 respondents, 4,479 purchases 2017 n = 2,169 respondents, 6,297 purchases 2018 n = 2,942 respondents, 8,618 purchases
Data was presented differently for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 than for 2013 and 2015 - data for the latter two years is available in the Excel download.

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