A Special Relationship? A comparison of consumer book buying habits and trends in the United States and Great Britain

Published Date: October 2009 Published By: R.R. Bowker LLC Page Count: 20 Order Code: R3741-2 $250.00   Online Download   Questions About This Report E-mail a Colleague Printable Page Fax Your Order Description Table of Contents Search Inside this Report Similar Products BML monitors consumer book purchases in Britain via its Books & Consumers survey. Bowker tracks US consumer book purchases via its PubTrack Consumer survey. This report compares the results of the two surveys. In 2008, the US consumer market was around ten times the size of its UK equivalent, but a higher proportion of British than US consumers bought books. Book buyers in each country were similar in terms of gender and age, but slightly more ‘up market’ in the US than Britain. Adult fiction and hardbacks accounted for a higher proportion of book purchases in the US than in Britain, but with variations in the mix of genres bought. Chain bookshops remained the largest channel for book purchases in Britain, despite losing share in recent years. The internet overtook the chains in the US in 2008, with Britain around three years behind in terms of internet share. Similar Products • Business Information Markets 2009-2010 Published Feb 2010 by Simba Information - Reports • Simba Information's 2009 National Textbook Adoptions Scorecard and 2010 Outlook Published Dec 2009 by Simba Information - Reports • Social Science and Humanities Publishing 2009-2010 Published Dec 2009 by Simba Information - Reports • Snapshots Turkey Newspapers 2009 Published Nov 2009 by Snapdata International Group • Snapshots Argentina Newspapers 2009 Published Nov 2009 by Snapdata International Group • Snapshots Germany Magazines 2009 Published Nov 2009 by Snapdata International Group • Snapshots South Africa Newspapers 2009 Published Nov 2009 by Snapdata International Group • Snapshots Germany Newspapers 2009 Published Nov 2009 by Snapdata International Group • Printed Media Retail Market in the Netherlands Published Nov 2009 by Verdict Research Ltd • Books, News and Stationery Retailing in Turkey Published Nov 2009 by Verdict Research Ltd