North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2017 Version 1.0

• 51 - Information and cultural industries
• 511 - Publishing industries (except Internet)
• 5111 - Newspaper, periodical, book and directory publishers
• 51113 - Book publishers

511130 - Book publishers^US

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in carrying out various design, editing and marketing activities.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • books, publishing (except exclusively on Internet)
  • publishing maps, street guides and atlases (except exclusively on Internet)
  • school textbooks, publishing (except exclusively on Internet)
  • travel guide, publishing (except exclusively on Internet)

  All examples

• Inclusion(s)

  • producing and distributing text books; technical, scientific and professional books; and mass market paperback books
  • publishing books in prints, audio or electronic form

• Exclusion(s)

  • direct selling, but not publishing, books (e.g., book clubs) (See 454110 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses)
  • printing, but not publishing, books (See 32311 Printing)
  • publishing books exclusively on Internet (See 519130 Internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals)
  • publishing music books (See 512230 Music publishers)