Hardcover sales soared to £97million, while sales of audiobook were also healthy with a 25% increase in sales to total £31million. School digital books were also up 32%, while non-fiction digital sales rose 4%, suggesting that younger readers consume books on eReaders, tablets and smartphones. And overseas sales rose 8% to £3.4billion which consolidates the UK's place as the world's biggest exporter of books.
'Publishers are catering to modern consumers who are reading books in different forms across different platforms,' Mr Lotinga said. 'However there is still a very real attachment to the printed word, as we continue to see the resiliance and popularity of print across puplishing sectors.'
The Top Five fiction paperbacks of last year were: (Figures from The Sunday Times)
1 The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
2 Night School by Lee Child
3 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
4 The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
5 I See You by Clare Mackintosh
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