This graph illustrates the distribution of the volume of book sales in France in 2018, by book category. Novels accounted for a quarter of the copies sold in 2018, while children's literature accounted for a quarter of book sales that same year.
Distribution of the volume of book sales in France in 2018, by book category
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Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. (April 27, 2020). Distribution of the volume of book sales in France in 2018, by book category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/784035/book-sales-by-genre-france/
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. "Distribution of the volume of book sales in France in 2018, by book category." Chart. April 27, 2020. Statista. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/784035/book-sales-by-genre-france/
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. (2020). Distribution of the volume of book sales in France in 2018, by book category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/784035/book-sales-by-genre-france/
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. "Distribution of The Volume of Book Sales in France in 2018, by Book Category." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Apr 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/784035/book-sales-by-genre-france/
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Distribution of the volume of book sales in France in 2018, by book category Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/784035/book-sales-by-genre-france/ (last visited April 23, 2024)
Distribution of the volume of book sales in France in 2018, by book category [Graph], Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, April 27, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/784035/book-sales-by-genre-france/