Books play an important role in our life. It is said that books are our best companions. Books are our friends in a real sense. Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood. Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
Why reading books are important?
Reading books help you imagine many things which you wouldn’t have even thought of before. A book communicates knowledge, and not only knowledge but the wisdom of all kinds.
Reading books help you imagine many things which you wouldn’t have even thought of before. A book communicates knowledge, and not only knowledge but the wisdom of all kinds.
Reading different books in itself is a journey. When you are a kid you start with story books, then educational, technical, management, spiritual and so on. Books help you turn your journey growing up into a journey where you start improving yourself and learning new things.
In our daily routine, everyone gets so tired. And when we get even a bit of relaxation we always prefer to give relaxation to our body. But we always forget even our mind needs rest.
Reading is something which makes us forget all our stress and gives complete relaxation to our mind. Books are packed with knowledge, insights into a happy life, life lessons, love, fear, prayer and helpful advice.
One can read about anything under the sun. Books have been here for centuries and without them, today’s knowledge of our past ancestors, cultures, and civilizations would have been impossible.
Statistics On Books Sales
Unit sales of print books rose 3.3% in 2016 over the previous year, making it the third-straight year of print growth. Despite a less-than-ideal environment—no breakout bestsellers on the adult fiction side and a lengthy, brutal election cycle that sucked nearly all of the air out of the cultural conversation—unit sales of print books were up 3.3% in 2016 over 2015. Total print unit sales hit 674 million, marking the third-straight year of growth, according to Nielsen BookScan, which tracks about 80% of print sales in the U.S.
Most print formats had an outstanding year, with hardcover up 5.4%, trade paperback up 4%, and board books up 7.4%. The mass market has been on the wane since the introduction of e-books, and its slide continued in 2016 with a 7.7% drop in unit sales. Physical audio, where sales were down 13.5% on the year, also took a big hit from digital.
Unit sales of print books rose 3.3% in 2016 over the previous year, making it the third-straight year of print growth. Despite a less-than-ideal environment—no breakout bestsellers on the adult fiction side and a lengthy, brutal election cycle that sucked nearly all of the air out of the cultural conversation—unit sales of print books were up 3.3% in 2016 over 2015. Total print unit sales hit 674 million, marking the third-straight year of growth, according to Nielsen BookScan, which tracks about 80% of print sales in the U.S.
Most print formats had an outstanding year, with hardcover up 5.4%, trade paperback up 4%, and board books up 7.4%. The mass market has been on the wane since the introduction of e-books, and its slide continued in 2016 with a 7.7% drop in unit sales. Physical audio, where sales were down 13.5% on the year, also took a big hit from digital.
EL James’s Fifty Shades spin-off, Grey, sold more than 1 million copies in paperback, while To Kill A Mockingbird writer Harper Lee’s eagerly anticipated second novel, Go Set A Watchman, sold 360,000 copies.
Unit Sales of Print Books By Format (in thousands), 2013–2016
Statistics On Books Category
The largest gains came in the adult nonfiction category, where sales were up 6.9% from 2015. Several subcategories posted substantial increases, among them crafts and hobbies, where the adult coloring book boom though slowing down from 2015’s continues to have a large impact. The religion and self-help areas also saw boosts, though for different reasons. Adult fiction had an off year, with sales down 1%. Juvenile fiction was up 3.8 percent from 2015 and was led by the year’s far-and-away bestselling title overall, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts 1 and 2, which sold 4.5 million print copies.
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Change 2015–2016 | |
| Hardcover | 168,250 | 173,483 | 178,255 | 187,940 | 5.43% |
| Trade Paper | 324,701 | 338,940 | 355,737 | 370,019 | 4.01% |
| Mass Market | 80,020 | 71,758 | 64,318 | 59,357 | -7.71% |
| Board Books | 23,069 | 27,092 | 30,978 | 33,280 | 7.43% |
| Audio | 5,116 | 5,128 | 4,434 | 3,836 | -13.49% |
Statistics On Books Category
The largest gains came in the adult nonfiction category, where sales were up 6.9% from 2015. Several subcategories posted substantial increases, among them crafts and hobbies, where the adult coloring book boom though slowing down from 2015’s continues to have a large impact. The religion and self-help areas also saw boosts, though for different reasons. Adult fiction had an off year, with sales down 1%. Juvenile fiction was up 3.8 percent from 2015 and was led by the year’s far-and-away bestselling title overall, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts 1 and 2, which sold 4.5 million print copies.
Global Publishing and Reading Statistics
If we measure publishing markets in terms of titles released rather than publishers’ revenue, however, we get a slightly different ranking of the biggest markets. There is a clear tendency to stabilization or decrease in the mature markets, compared to a steady growth in the ‘young’ or industrializing economies.
If we measure publishing markets in terms of titles released rather than publishers’ revenue, however, we get a slightly different ranking of the biggest markets. There is a clear tendency to stabilization or decrease in the mature markets, compared to a steady growth in the ‘young’ or industrializing economies.
India's Book Market Is Poised for Growth
India’s literacy rate has seen a significant improvement over the past decade, thanks in part to government investments in education. According to the 2009 National Youth Readership Survey, three out of four youths in the country are literate, and a quarter of the youth population (an astonishing 83 million) identify themselves as book readers. By 2020, the country’s literacy level is projected to reach 90%.
