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Sales volume of books in the Netherlands 2012-2018
Sales volume of books in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2018 (in million units)
The statistic displays the sales volume of books in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2018 (in million units). The sales volume of books in all languages in the Netherlands initially decreased by eight million units. In 2012, the sales volume of books in the Netherlands was 45 million units, whereas in 2014 it had dipped below 40 million units. In 2016, the sales volume of books in the Netherlands returned to 2013 levels, remaining unchanged in 2017 and 2018.
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The statistic displays the sales volume of books in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2018 (in million units). The sales volume of books in all languages in the Netherlands initially decreased by eight million units. In 2012, the sales volume of books in the Netherlands was 45 million units, whereas in 2014 it had dipped below 40 million units. In 2016, the sales volume of books in the Netherlands returned to 2013 levels, remaining unchanged in 2017 and 2018.
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Statistics on "Book market in the Netherlands"
- Book publishing
The most important statistics
- Annual consumer book publishing market revenue in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017, with a forecast for 2018 to 2022 (in million euros)Consumer book market revenue in the Netherlands 2012-2022
- Number of book publishers in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2016Number of book publishers in the Netherlands 2012-2016
- Number of book authors in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017*Number of book authors in the Netherlands 2012-2017
- Number of book translators in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017*Number of book translators in the Netherlands 2012-2017
- Number of book titles available in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017 (in 1,000s)Number of book titles available in the Netherlands 2012-2017
- Number of new book titles in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2018*Number of new book titles in the Netherlands 2013-2018
- Number of e-book publishers in the Netherlands from the first quarter of 2017 to the second quarter of 2018Number of e-book publishers in the Netherlands 2017-2018
- Number of e-book titles available in the Netherlands from the first quarter of 2017 to the first quarter of 2018Number of e-book titles available in the Netherlands 2017-2018
- Book retail
The most important statistics
- Turnover of the book market in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2018 (in million euros)Turnover of the book market in the Netherlands 2012-2018
- Sales volume of books in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2018 (in million units)Sales volume of books in the Netherlands 2012-2018
- Turnover index of e-books in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017Turnover index of e-books in the Netherlands 2012-2017
- Market shares of print and digital book revenue in the Netherlands in 2017 and 2022Market shares of print and digital in the Netherlands 2017 and 2022
- Household consumption expenditure of newspapers, books and stationery in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2016 (in million euros)Consumer spending on newspapers, books and stationery in the Netherlands 2008-2016
- Number of paper book titles available in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2017, by purchase channelPaper book titles available in the Netherlands 2013-2017, by purchase channel
- Average number of books sold per title in the Netherlands in 2016, by genre Average number of books sold per title in the Netherlands 2016, by genre
- Average price of books in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017 (in euros)Average price of books in the Netherlands 2012-2017
- Book readers and habits
The most important statistics
- Have you read a book in the past year?*Share of people having read a book in the past year in the Netherlands 2016-2018
- How often do you read books?*Frequency of reading books among youth in the Netherlands 2018
- Share of people reading books (almost) daily in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2018*Share of people reading books daily in the Netherlands 2013-2018
- How many books did you finish reading in the last year?*Number of books read in the last year in the Netherlands 2018
- Do you purchase paper books or e-books?*Purchasing paper or e-books in the Netherlands 2018
- How often do you visit a physical bookstore to buy books?*Bookstore visits in the Netherlands 2015-2018, by frequency
- How long ago did you last finish a book?*Distribution of time passed since last finished book January 2018
- Book genres
The most important statistics
- Distribution of book market turnover in the Netherlands in 2017, by genreDistribution of book market turnover in the Netherlands 2017, by genre
- Distribution of general book sales in the Netherlands in 2017, by genre*Distribution of general book sales in the Netherlands 2017, by genre
- Distribution of genres of print books in the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2018Distribution of genres of print books in the Netherlands 2018
- Distribution of literary books sales volume in the Netherlands in 2016, by genreDistribution of literary books sales volume in the Netherlands 2016, by genre
- Total number of fiction book titles in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2018Total number of fiction book titles in the Netherlands 2012-2018
- Total number of non-literary fiction book titles available in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2018Total number of non-literary fiction book titles in the Netherlands 2012-2018
- Total number of informative non-fiction book titles available in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017Total number of informative non-fiction book titles in the Netherlands 2012-2017
- Total number of children's book titles available in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2018Total number of children's book titles available in the Netherlands 2012-2018
- Languages
The most important statistics
- Turnover share of Dutch-language books in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017Turnover share of Dutch-language books in the Netherlands 2012-2017
- Turnover share of foreign-language books in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017Turnover share of foreign-language books in the Netherlands 2012-2017
- Distribution of foreign-language book sales in the Netherlands in 2017, by genreDistribution of foreign-language book sales in the Netherlands 2017, by genre
- Distribution of foreign-language book market turnover in the Netherlands in 2017, by genreDistribution foreign-language book market turnover in the Netherlands 2017, by genre
- Do you purchase books in a foreign language?*Individuals purchasing books in foreign language in the Netherlands 2018, by language
- E-books
The most important statistics
- Annual e-book sales in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2017 (in million units)Annual e-book sales in the Netherlands from 2010-2017
- Sales volume share of e-books in the Netherlands from 2014 to 2018Sales volume share of e-books in the Netherlands 2014-2018
- Number of e-readers in the Netherlands from November 2016 to February 2018 (in 1,000s)Number of e-readers in the Netherlands 2016-2018
- Turnover share of e-books in the Netherlands from 2014 to 2018Turnover share of e-books in the Netherlands 2014-2018
- Average price of e-books in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2018 (in euros)Average price of e-books in the Netherlands 2012-2018
- How often do you read paper or e-books?*Distribution of reading habits in the Netherlands 2018, by reading frequency
- Which devices do you use to read e-books?*Devices used for reading e-books in the Netherlands 2017-2018
- On average, how often do you purchase e-books?*E-books purchasing frequency in the Netherlands 2018
- Audio books
The most important statistics
- Number of audio book titles available in the Netherlands from the first quarter of 2017 to the first quarter of 2018Number of audio book titles available in the Netherlands 2017-2018
- Do you sometimes listen to audio books?*Audio books listening frequency in the Netherlands 2017-2018
- Does your child sometimes listen to audio books?Audio books listening frequency among children in the Netherlands 2017
- Distribution of audio book listeners in the Netherlands in 2018, by age groupAudio book listeners in the Netherlands 2018, by age group
- Distribution of audio book listeners in the Netherlands in 2018, by level of educationAudio book listeners in the Netherlands 2018, by level of education
- What are for you reasons to listen to audio books?*Reasons to listen to audio books in the Netherlands 2018
- Number of audio books borrowed at public libraries in the Netherlands from 2015 to 2017Audio books borrowed at public libraries in the Netherlands 2015-2017
- Could you indicate to what extent you are interested in these audio book options?*Interest in audio book options in the Netherlands 2017
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- Annual consumer book publishing market revenue in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017, with a forecast for 2018 to 2022 (in million euros)
- Number of book publishers in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2016
- Number of book authors in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017*
- Number of book translators in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017*
- Number of book titles available in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017 (in 1,000s)
- Number of new book titles in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2018*
- Number of e-book publishers in the Netherlands from the first quarter of 2017 to the second quarter of 2018
- Number of e-book titles available in the Netherlands from the first quarter of 2017 to the first quarter of 2018
- Number of e-book titles for sale in the Netherlands from the first quarter of 2017 to the first quarter of 2018
- Turnover of the book market in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2018 (in million euros)
- Sales volume of books in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2018 (in million units)
- Turnover index of e-books in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017
- Market shares of print and digital book revenue in the Netherlands in 2017 and 2022
- Household consumption expenditure of newspapers, books and stationery in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2016 (in million euros)
- Number of paper book titles available in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2017, by purchase channel
- Average number of books sold per title in the Netherlands in 2016, by genre
- Average price of books in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017 (in euros)
- Average price of print books in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2018 (in euros)
- Average revenue of bestsellers in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017
- Share of literary books in the bestseller market in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2016
- Number of book retailers in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2017*
- Number of book retail sales points in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2017*
- Number of e-book retailers in the Netherlands from the first quarter of 2017 to the second quarter of 2018
- Have you read a book in the past year?*
- How often do you read books?*
- Share of people reading books (almost) daily in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2018*
- How many books did you finish reading in the last year?*
- Do you purchase paper books or e-books?*
- How often do you visit a physical bookstore to buy books?*
- How long ago did you last finish a book?*
- Distribution of book market turnover in the Netherlands in 2017, by genre
- Distribution of general book sales in the Netherlands in 2017, by genre*
- Distribution of genres of print books in the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2018
- Distribution of literary books sales volume in the Netherlands in 2016, by genre
- Total number of fiction book titles in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2018
- Total number of non-literary fiction book titles available in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2018
- Total number of informative non-fiction book titles available in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017
- Total number of children's book titles available in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2018
- Distribution of fiction children's books turnover in the Netherlands in 2016, by genre
- Share of people sometimes reading literary books in the Netherlands in 2018, by migration background*
- Share of people sometimes reading fictional thriller books in the Netherlands in 2018, by migration background*
- Share of people sometimes reading comic books in the Netherlands in 2018, by migration background*
- Share of people sometimes reading romantic fiction and erotic literature books in the Netherlands in 2018, by migration background*
- Share of people sometimes reading religious books in the Netherlands in 2018, by migration background*
- Have you ever read young adult books?*
- Why do you read young adult books?*
- Turnover share of Dutch-language books in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017
- Turnover share of foreign-language books in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017
- Distribution of foreign-language book sales in the Netherlands in 2017, by genre
- Distribution of foreign-language book market turnover in the Netherlands in 2017, by genre
- Do you purchase books in a foreign language?*
- Annual e-book sales in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2017 (in million units)
- Sales volume share of e-books in the Netherlands from 2014 to 2018
- Number of e-readers in the Netherlands from November 2016 to February 2018 (in 1,000s)
- Turnover share of e-books in the Netherlands from 2014 to 2018
- Average price of e-books in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2018 (in euros)
- How often do you read paper or e-books?*
- Which devices do you use to read e-books?*
- On average, how often do you purchase e-books?*
- How many e-books do you usually buy annually?*
- How do you acquire your e-books?*
- Where do you purchase your e-books?*
- Number of audio book titles available in the Netherlands from the first quarter of 2017 to the first quarter of 2018
- Do you sometimes listen to audio books?*
- Does your child sometimes listen to audio books?
- Distribution of audio book listeners in the Netherlands in 2018, by age group
- Distribution of audio book listeners in the Netherlands in 2018, by level of education
- What are for you reasons to listen to audio books?*
- Number of audio books borrowed at public libraries in the Netherlands from 2015 to 2017
- Could you indicate to what extent you are interested in these audio book options?*
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- Revenue of book publishing (SIC 58.11) in New Zealand from 2008 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Book publishing revenue in Luxembourg from 2010 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Book publishing revenue in Sweden from 2010 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Book publishing revenue in Italy from 2010 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Book publishing revenue in Greece from 2010 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)
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