From Spain to Italy, how a lot (and the way) we learn in Europe | EUROtoday

The buy of books (excluding textual content books) has additionally elevated, and at a fair sooner tempo than the studying behavior: the cumulative development since 2012 is sort of 13 share factors, and in 2023 53.2 % of the inhabitants Spanish has purchased a minimum of one e-book.

The development for Spain is constructive, however when you have a look at the worldwide context, the comparability exhibits that there’s nonetheless an extended method to go. The newest knowledge printed by Eurostat on spending on books, newspapers and different stationery objects locations Slovakia on the prime of the rating when it comes to spending per household, with nearly 2 % of the price range in 2021. Croatia follows (1.8 %). hundred), Norway (1.6 %) and Germany (1.5 %); whereas international locations resembling Spain, Greece and Romania rank decrease, with 0.5 % of the price range. The common European spending on publishing is 1.1 %.

Internet gross sales are rising

Thanks to the pandemic, since 2020 not solely the price range allotted to books in Europe has modified, but additionally the buying methodology. According to knowledge printed by Eurostat, Switzerland is the nation that bought essentially the most books, magazines and newspapers on-line in 2023, with 25.7 % of the inhabitants. Followed by the Netherlands (23.5 %) and Norway (22.7 %). With its 14.9 %, on this case Spain exceeds the European common (13.4 %) and data a rise of just about 4 share factors in comparison with 2020.

According to knowledge printed by the Ministry of Culture and Sport, in Spain we proceed to deal with bodily gross sales factors, particularly bookshops: it follows that solely 26 % of the inhabitants makes on-line purchases, a risk that in 2012 was solely contemplated by 4 % of the inhabitants. The determine is larger than that of Eurostat as a result of it doesn’t embrace magazines and newspapers.

In any case, one problem is the cash spent and one other is the time devoted. The instance of Greece is ideal to clarify this distinction. The Hellenic nation is beneath the European common when it comes to books bought, however solely 35 % of the inhabitants says they haven’t learn a single e-book within the final 12 months, in line with a survey commissioned by Ocma and carried out by Nikos Panagiotopoulos, professor of sociology on the National and Koper University of Athens, and by the polling firm Metron Analysis.