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Profits at the UK arm of the Amazon-owned audiobook seller rose by 60 per cent to £19million in 2021 as listener numbers jumped.Īudiobooks and podcasts flourished during lockdowns alongside streamlining services such as Netflix.

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Richard Osman's The Man Who Died Twice is very popular and the TV presenter's first book, The Thursday Murder Club, is also still flying off the shelvesĪ newfound love for audiobooks has also outlasted the pandemic, figures from Audible show.

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The social media platform TikTok – a favourite with so-called 'Gen Zers' – is also helping younger readers discover books and has been identified as a key driver of print sales. The Publishers Association said the UK industry's total income hit a record high of £6.7 billion.

Last year people forked out a record £1.82 billion as they sought comfort in reading. While an estimated two-thirds of people in the UK read in their spare time, industry insiders worried that the introduction of e-readers such as Kindles a decade ago would kill off the print industry.īut book sales soared in the UK during the pandemic to their highest levels since 2012. Sales of Where The Crawdads Sing by first-time author Delia Owens are rocketing thanks to a film adaptation of the thriller. The TV presenter's first book, The Thursday Murder Club, is also still flying off the shelves.

Non-fiction sales are lagging behind last year – dropping nine per cent – as Britons seize paperbacks to take on what for many will be their first summer holiday since Covid struck.Ĭurrent bestsellers including the romance It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover and Richard Osman's second book, The Man Who Died Twice. We had shelled out £945 million on 113 million books by August 13, according to the industry tracker Nielsen. Sales are up slightly on the record-breaking 2021 and there are hopes that the spree will continue.

Colleen Hoover's novel It Ends With Us has boomed in popularity as Britons took to reading in lockdown