At the request of VLC Chair Shaunna Mireau [1], who is boarding a plane to NYC, I’d like to relay the 2010 anticipated price increases from publishers in the Canadian market. These numbers are gathered by the Vendors Liaison Committee [2], and archived on the CALL website [3].
- Canada Law Book is advising a 3% to 6% price increase for print and electronic products.
- Carswell price increases will be in the 5-7% range for print products.
- CCH Legal/Business/Tax subscription products will increase approximately 3-9%. The price increase for Legal/Business books available in print should be in the 2-5% range and for our Tax books in a 5-10% range for 2010.
- Éditions Yvons Blais price increase for books should be in the 3-5% range. The increase for online products is in the range of 3-7%.
- Emond Montgomery Publications price increases will be selective and will not exceed 2-5%.
- Irwin Law has no major increase planned. They continue to produce quality books at a fair value so that their authors get a decent royalty and the company gets a fair return. Books are shipped by Canada Post and therefore this cost will be affected by increases by Canada Post.
- LexisNexis products will increase on average in the range of 4-5% next year.
- SOQUIJ has confirmed they do not expect any increase for 2010.
- Wilson & Lafleur does not plan any price increases in 2010