One of the few, perhaps the only, positive things the pandemic has brought is an increase in reading activity. Many people who broke this habit took refuge in books, and the good news is that they continued to read after months of imprisonment. All-time top 57% frequent reader and 8 hours 25 minutes per week reading.
a) Yes, In 2021, the publishing industry grew 5.6% to 2,576.70 million euros, which also represents the largest revenue growth ever this century.. The traditional Reading Habits and Book Buying Barometer, prepared annually by the Federation of Publishers Association (FGEE) and presented in Madrid, collects the figures for the so-called miraculous year in book sales. “In 2020, in the midst of a pandemic, growth has already been remarkable, giving us the clear signal that citizens are reinventing reading. But this new document sends an even more important signal that this drive to read is intensified”, commented Daniel Fernández, head of FGEE, but In this 2022 bookstores are not so optimistic.
This exercise is all good news: Increasing number of copies sold on paper (174.19 million), up 5.9% from 2020 and electronic sales were also encouraged It increased by 1.7% to 13.49 million digital book downloads. In addition, all sub-sectors, except for textbooks, were on the rise. children and youth real leadersReaching 432.24 million Euros with an increase of 17.8%, adult fictionIt increased 8.2 percent with sales of 548.90 million euros. Non-fiction books increased their sales by 7.7% up to 770.92 million euros and The comics, comics and graphic novel sub-sector grew by 6.7% Compared to 2020.
Digital printing hardly ever grows
The electronic book neither killed the newspaper nor disappeared after a brief crisis.finally finds its place in the ecosystem. Thus, digital printing accounted for 5.2% of the total turnover in 2021 and reached €134.79 million, reflecting an increase of 6.8% compared to the previous work. The number of books published in this format also increased, increasing by around 186,887, or 1.2%. Here, the non-fiction book is king, with 60% of the total turnover, significantly boosting the children’s and youth genre by 17.8%.
When it comes to distribution channels, booksellers they are in the first place and their turnover is estimated to reach 900 million euros.This represents 35.2% of the total and 8.2% over the previous year, when added to the sales recorded by the bookstore chains (18.6%), it accounts for 53.8% of the total. 51 million euro billed with internet salesTen more than in 2020. This represents an increase in billing through this channel, but not as drastic as during the pandemic months, with a 23.9% change.
Source: Informacion
