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  • Canada Publishing Market Profile 2004 HTML | PDF

    The 1990s were the halcyon days of the book publishing industry in Canada, with the decade enjoying years of steady growth. The start of the millennium saw a downturn, with tough economic conditions, combining with an outbreak of SARS, which conspired to undermine the industry. Canadian publishing went through its darkest times in 2001 with the collapse of General Publishing, Canada's largest book distributor, and dramatic change at the retail level. However, though small by British standards, the Canadian publishing industry is resilient and signs of market recovery and growth have been evident since 2002.

  • China Publishing Market Profile 2006 HTML | PDF

    The Chinese book market is the largest in the world by volume, and the second largest in terms of purchasing power parity after that of the United States of America There has been a steady increase in book imports from the west but the level of sales is still relatively low in relation to the size of the market due to price. Therefore the major opportunities for UK publishers lie in the licensing of rights for local English-language reprints or translations, and for joint-investment projects.


  • China Academic Journals Profile 2003 HTML | PDF

    Now that the Chinese government has made clear that the illegal copying of foreign journals will not be tolerated, the market for foreign scholarly journals has come alive. Publishers previously accustomed to limited subscription revenue from China are approaching the market with renewed vigour. At a time when many regional markets for scholarly journals are generally stagnating or declining, publishers are greatly cheered by the normalisation of the Chinese market in terms of copyright observance, and also by the increasing levels of government funding being channelled into developing China's higher education establishments.

  • Attitudes of Chinese Academics to Foreign Scholarly Journals 2005 HTML | PDF

    A web-based questionnare was used to survey the attitudes of Chinese academics at three levels (professor, associate professor and post-graduate student) across 14 subject areas in STM and social sciences. The basic survey, which elicited 504 respones, was follwed up with 30 in-depth telephone interviews.The results of the survey are presented in this report

  • Czech Republic and Slovakia Publishing Market Profile 2008 HTML | PDF
    The Czech Republic and Slovakia have very well educated and literate populations with long traditions of book-reading and book-buying and today English is the foreign language of choice for most people Taken together they imported nearly £13 m of books  from the UK in 2007, putting them ahead of China, Russia and New Zealand.