interesting facts…
July 7th, 2006
I just glanced through a lot of interesting facts about the book world, including:
One-third of the books sold worldwide are sold in the US.
On the average, a book store browser spends eight seconds looking at the front cover and 15 seconds looking at the back cover.
Women buy 68% of all books.
58% of the US adult population never reads another book after high school.
42% of college graduates never read another book.
80% of US families did not buy or read a book last year.
70% of US adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years.
57% of new books are not read to completion.
Libraries lose 20% of their books each year. Some books get past the security devices and others are just not returned.
The site conveniently lists sources for all the facts.
One Response to “interesting facts…”
1sky v.
July 11th, 2006 @ 8:45 pm
tell jadiepooh happy birthday for me!
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