Book sales grow during pandemic Richard Stuart-Turner Tuesday, May 4, 2021
The invoiced value of UK printed consumer publishing increased by 4% in 2020, remaining resilient during the coronavirus pandemic.
The report highlighted mixed overall fortunes for print in 2020
A new report from the Publishers Association, ‘
Publishing in 2020: resilient in the face of Covid’, found that total consumer publishing sales income rose by 7% last year to £2.1bn. The UK consumer publishing market grew by 9% to £1.5bn while the export market was up by 4% to £675m.
While digital saw the biggest consumer publishing growth, up 24% to £418m, print also had a successful year, the 4% increase taking its value to £1.7bn.