The Globe and Mail has a story, Book buying up 23 per cent, report says by Rebecca Caldwell (Sat. April 2, 2005, R7) on a new report by Hill Strategies Research called, Who Buys Books in Canada (March 2005) which shows that spending on books rose 23% between 1997 and 2001. What is interesting is the size of the print culture business. Spending on books is about the same as movie tickets and newspapers. If you add magazines, newspapers, and books you see that print media dominates over other media.
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