Nonetheless, the resilience of print is clear. The research does not include authors selling directly to readers and those who sell ebooks and audiobooks without an ISBN. The knowledge that lots of ebook and digital audiobook sales are uncounted must temper these figures. 2021 saw ebook sales decline by 8%, with print books outselling ebooks 4 to one.Overall, ebook sales declined marginally by 8%. 2021’s total book revenue generated $26 billion, of which ebooks generated 9%.Over 1.5 million book titles published in 2021, with printed book sales increasing by 18.5% during the first half of the year.
Though ebooks and audiobooks are increasingly popular, print books continue to trump in the researched book market, with 66% of readers across the globe saying print offers “a more fulfilling and unique reading experience”. What Readers Want: Format Print Books and Ebooks Looking at reading trends in America and around the world in 2021, recent research from Global English Editing and Written Word Media reveals many interesting facts about reader habits and inclinations, useful when thinking about what readers want from writers in 2022.
Different surveys focus on various topics and follow different methodologies. Reading is the key topic of many different surveys globally but, while there is plenty of data on reading habits (see the list of sources below), it is often difficult to compare the individual results and to put them into perspective.
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