The Impact of Online Bookstores on Reading Habits and Book Purchases in Spain

Online stores like Amazon have become a resource for readers, making it easier and faster to purchase books, especially for those who do not have as much time available to visit bookstores or libraries.

From relieving sadness, helping to deal with anxiety, causing great emotions such as happiness, cultivating us and letting our imagination fly, books produce experiences and pleasures for those who enjoy reading and have made it an essential activity in their lives.

Works of self-help, science fiction, fantasy, comics, comedy, mystery, suspense, romance, travel and more, literature has remained in the public’s taste, adapting to technological advances, since it is now possible to read not only in physical format , but through mobile phones, tablets, computers, among other tools such as Kindle (as the e-book reader that is exclusive to Amazon is called).

However, there is a problem: with the variety of titles and authors that emerge every day around the world, it could be difficult to choose the next book to read, but in response to this, there are already rankings that make this easier for reading lovers. decision.

Below is a list of the best-selling books on Amazon Spain this Friday, November 10, and some brief reviews:

1. The maid’s daughters: Planeta Prize 2023 (Spanish and Ibero-American Authors)

Author: Sonsoles Onega

2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter MinaLima 3 edition)

Autor: J.K. Rowling

3. Atomic habits: Small changes, extraordinary results (Self-knowledge)

Autor: James Clear

4. How to make good things happen to you: Understand your brain, manage your emotions, improve your life (NO COLLECTION) Spanish

Author: Marian Rojas Estapé

5. Peppa Pig. Toy book – My advent calendar: Includes 24 books for boys and girls to count the days until Christmas

Author: Hasbro

6. Damned Rome (Julius Caesar 2 Series): Julius Caesar’s conquest of power (Historical)

Author: Santiago Posteguillo

7. The Father’s Blood: 2023 Planeta Award Finalist (Spanish and Ibero-American Authors)

Author: Alfonso Goizueta

8. Destroy this diary. Now in full color (Singular Books)

Author: Keri Smith

9. Blood Wings (Empyrean 1) (Planet International)

Author: Rebecca Yarros

10. The White Lily (Asterix)

Author: René Goscinny

*Note: Some books may not have an author because the platform does not provide it.

To buy books on Amazon, all you have to do is have an account on said platform and then type the title of the work in the search engine and then click on “buy.” You can add more than one item to your cart and checkout later.

FEBRUARY 27, 2016.- On the last weekend of the International Book Fair at the Palacio de Minería, hundreds of people come to look for a new literary offering. PHOTO: MARÍA JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ /CUARTOSCURO.COM

The percentage of the population that reads in Spain has increased since 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, an increase that has finally been consolidated in 2022 significantly among the youngest, according to the Reading Habits Barometer. and Book Purchase 2023 presented by the Ministry of Culture and Sports.

According to the Barometer, in 2022 the percentage of the Spanish population that read a book during the past year, whether for leisure or work, reached 68.4 percent.

When considering only those who read for leisure in their free time, the percentage was 64.8%, a figure slightly higher than the previous annual measurement and which reaches 66.2% when comic book readers are also added.

When making a comparison with the figures that have been recorded in the last decade, the reading rate in free time increased by 5.7%; “frequent readers” remained at 52.5%; while those considered “occasional” have only shown a slight increase of 0.4 percentage points.

Although reading figures have gradually gotten closer to the European averages, the report reveals that there is still a significant number of Spaniards who never read (35.2%). In this regard, 44% indicate that the main reason is that they do not have free time; 30.6% prefer to invest their time in other types of entertainment such as walking, resting or watching movies and series; 29.3% acknowledged a lack of interest; and 0.9% said they had vision or health problems.

The measurement also shows that women read more than men in a proportion of 69.9% compared to 59.5 percent. By age, the section with the largest reading population is that between 14 and 24 years old, which represents 74.2% of the total.

2023-11-10 16:29:25
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