About the Book Publishing in Alberta Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Book Publishing in Alberta Market Research Report
Definition of the Book Publishing in Alberta?
Operators in this industry edit and design books, engage in marketing activities and make distribution agreements with operators in the Book, Magazine and Newspaper Wholesaling industry (IBISWorld report 42492). The industry includes e-book publishing, but excludes authors who are part of the Performers and Creative Artists industry (71151) or the Printing industry in Canada (32311CA).
What’s included in the Book Publishing in Alberta?
The Book Publishing in Alberta includes discovering authors, stories or other content, editing books, designing book layout and covers, marketing authors and books, publishing educational books, publishing adult trade books, publishing children's and young adult books and publishing scholarly, professional and technical books. Related terms covered in the Book Publishing in Alberta industry report includes a fiction or nonfiction book printed for general distribution, a book in a digital format that can be read on a computer or on a variety of mobile devices, the process of printing a batch of books, typically a few hundred, using laser printer technology to save on production and inventory costs and a store that has a physical presence and location, as opposed to an online retailer.
Industry Performance of the Book Publishing industry in Alberta
Benchmark the Book Publishing in Alberta industry performance with all AB Census Metropolitan Area and national performance.
Book Publishing in Alberta
#4 in Highest Revenue 6.9% of province's GDPRevenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
Book Publishing in Canada
Revenue (2024)
Annual Growth (2019-24)
Annual Growth (2024-29)
For the full list of industry drivers, see report purchase options.
Key Drivers of the Book Publishing industry in Alberta
See how key industry drivers, such as median houshold income, population, new business formation, number of fixed broadband connections, per capita disposable income and demand from educational services are impacting Book Publishing in Alberta
Alberta Economic Indicators
Median Houshold Income
Population
New Business Formation
View more economic information in AB State Economic profile
Canada Key External Drivers
Number of fixed broadband connections
Per capita disposable income
Demand from educational services
For the full list of industry drivers, see report purchase options.
Census Metropolitan Area Data of the Book Publishing industry in Alberta
Access proprietary data on Census Metropolitan Area in the Book Publishing in Alberta, such as Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer. Data includes figures on revenue, establishments, employees and wages by Census Metropolitan Areas.
Key Statistics of the Book Publishing industry in Alberta
Download 18 years of historical data and 5 years of projected performance.
