Slightly more books sold: ‘Books are the counterbalance to the fast pace of social media’

Figures on book sales and the number of loans through libraries show that we have certainly not started reading less, but even a little more: as many books – 43 million – were sold last year as the year before. One percent more books were also purchased in physical stores, which is not surprising. “Books are the counterbalance to the fast pace of social media.”

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