Is The Printed Book Doomed?
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That Amazon package falls through the door and you rip open that seal, removing your newly acquired book. You feel its weight in your hand, marvelling over the fine detail you open it up and take a long sniff in of that joyfully intoxicating smell that only a new book can provide π (Hopefully itβs not just me?)
I thought Iβd explore this as a topic for my Wednesday discussion and was quite alarmed to find outsee that younger readers may not necessarily share in my heartfelt joy of having a book under their nose!
From 2017 to 2023, the ratio of books read in print versus books read on-screen, respectively, by children in the 8-18 year group has gone from a ratio of 3:1 to 2:1 (see Statista table below). This is quite a massive drop in such a short space of time, so my question today isβ¦β¦β¦
Will this trend eventually see printed books disappear altogether, or will it just mean we have to pay out more for that format?
Apologises the statistics are UK only, but Iβm sure many of my followers on the continent and in the US are experiencing the same trend. If not, let me know whatβs going on in your neck of the woods π
That Amazon package falls through the door and you rip open that seal, removing your newly acquired book. You feel its weight in your hand, marvelling over the fine detail you open it up and take a long sniff in of that joyfully intoxicating smell that only a new book can provide π (Hopefully itβs not just me?)
I thought Iβd explore this as a topic for my Wednesday discussion and was quite alarmed to find outsee that younger readers may not necessarily share in my heartfelt joy of having a book under their nose!
From 2017 to 2023, the ratio of books read in print versus books read on-screen, respectively, by children in the 8-18 year group has gone from a ratio of 3:1 to 2:1 (see Statista table below). This is quite a massive drop in such a short space of time, so my question today isβ¦β¦β¦
Will this trend eventually see printed books disappear altogether, or will it just mean we have to pay out more for that format?
Apologises the statistics are UK only, but Iβm sure many of my followers on the continent and in the US are experiencing the same trend. If not, let me know whatβs going on in your neck of the woods π
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