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The article reports on the success of the children's book industry of Canada. Orca publisher Andrew Wooldridge says that Canada has a good reputation on the world stage when it comes to publishing children's books. He adds that Orca was up 15% in 2015, on the strength of a number of good projects. He mentions that the Secrets series of novels by Kelley Armstrong sold 80,000 copies.

The article reports on the sales of electronic books (e-books) in Canada which leveled off for most part of 2015. According to a report from publishers HarperCollins Canada and Penguin Random House Canada, e-book sales represent 15%-16% of their total sales. Comments from Noah Genner of BookNet, Robin Philpot of Baraka Books, and Owlkids Books publisher Karen Boersma are mentioned.