chesilbeach Posted January 11, 2017 Posted January 11, 2017 The week before Christmas 2016 was the highest in value for book traders since 2007, and the overall 2016 sales of print books has risen for the second year in a row. http://www.thebookseller.com/news/book-trade-sees-strong-christmas-sales-457036 Quote
Angury Posted January 11, 2017 Posted January 11, 2017 Interesting. I wonder what has led to the increase. Quote
shirley Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 That is good news for book shops, I have started reading a lot more books than on my Ipad. With being on a computer all day looking at a screen I am finding it easier to read a book and I don't fall asleep so quickly. Before Christmas when I was trying to read a book on my iPhone I would read about a page and then wake up an hour later and be about 50 pages further on than I should be. Quote
Inver Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 That is comforting news...imagine no bookshops to go in and browse.... Quote
Talisman Posted January 18, 2017 Posted January 18, 2017 That's great news - especially for the book sellers, and of course the authors. Quote
chesilbeach Posted January 19, 2017 Author Posted January 19, 2017 It is great news. I think that research suggests that younger readers prefer physical books to digital copies, and that ebook sales have seen much slower growth over the last couple of years. Personally, I have to admit, I have gone back to reading more tree books as I've found more independent bookshops, and also since my OH is reading some books again, it's easier to buy a book to share, as he doesn't have a Kindle. My goddaughter is also now the right age for middle grade books, and I've read quite a lot of those, so I've been tending to buy those as paper books too, so that I can hand them on to her. Quote
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