Adult Fiction Books Posted Highest Q1 Sales Since 2013, The NPD Group Says
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In the first quarter of 2021, the adult-fiction category for print books in the United States, an important indicator of book engagement, posted its highest first-quarter sales since 2013.
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The adult fiction titles that made the biggest gains in the first quarter were heavily amplified by screen and social media discovery PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (PRWEB) April 26, 2021 In the first quarter of 2021, the adult-fiction category for print books in the United States, an important indicator of book engagement, posted its highest first-quarter sales since 2013. Adult fiction book sales in January through March 2021 reached 39 million units, growing 35% compared to the first quarter last year. according to The NPD Group (http://www.npd.com). This growth in adult fiction does not appear to be rel
US First-Quarter 2021 Print Book Sales Grew 29 Percent
In ebooks, the pandemic April of 2020 outsold the same month in 2019 by 5.2 million ebooks in the States, the digital acceleration in action.
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Today’s (April 19) executive summary from NPD BookScan on the first quarter of 2021 sees the volume of sales in print books in the United States growing 29 percent over the same quarter in 2020. That’s representative of 205 million units, over sales of 158 units sold in Q1 2020.
“This marks the highest volume of Q1 print sales since NPD BookScan began tracking sales in 2004,” according to this morning’s media messaging from NPD Books’ Kristen McLean.
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