Press Proportion of households buying books down to 54%

Press release No. 482 of 11 December 2018

WIESBADEN – 20.2 million households in Germany bought books in 2017 (including e-books). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was 54% of all households. Ten years ago, the proportion of households that purchased books was 65% (23.4 million households).

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