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Table 9-2
Book publishers specializing in French books — Detailed financial statistics – Surveyed portion of industry

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Detailed financial statistics � Surveyed portion of industry
  2004 r 2006
Number of establishments 116 101
  thousands of dollars
Total operating revenue 361,834 366,690
Sales in Canada 263,112 295,130
Of publishers' own titles 217,263 239,689
Educational 108,613 124,155
Children's books 12,827 21,017
Other trade, all formats 61,797 59,240
Other 1 34,027 35,277
As exclusive agents 45,849 55,441
Educational 12,143 12,351
Children's books 12,209 15,251
Other trade, all formats 16,659 18,204
Other 1 4,839 9,635
Exports and other foreign sales 15,466 17,398
Other revenue 2 83,256 54,162
Total operating expenses 332,752 334,959
Cost of titles sold 147,448 180,946
Other operating expenses 185,303 154,013
Operating profit 29,082 31,731
  percent
Operating profit margin 8.0 8.7
Proportion of establishments with an operating profit 69.5 85.1
  thousands of dollars
Salaries, wages and benefits 63,284 73,819
Other includes scholarly, reference, professional and technical categories.
Other revenue includes revenue from grants, sales of rights, sales of other goods and services produced and tax credit programs.
Note(s):
When making inter-year comparisons, users are advised to note changes in proportions of the industry surveyed. Results for the firms classified under code 51113 in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). See "Data sources, definitions and methodology" at the end of tables for definition of terms. Due to rounding, components may not add to total. The smallest firms, in terms of revenues earned, are not included in the estimates. These firms account for a relatively small portion of total industry revenues.