Sales Of Print Books Fell In 2012

Sales Of Print Books Fell Again In 2012
This photo taken on Dec. 7, 2012 shows Bryce Hoogland of Boise, Idaho browsing books at the downtown Tatered Cover book Store in Denver. You wouldn't know it from the marketing materials festooned with skiers and beer, but Denver is one of the most highly educated and literate cities in the country. That much is obvious inside Tattered Cover, a celebrated independent bookstore with two Denver locations (and one in the suburbs) that dwarf most superstores. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
This photo taken on Dec. 7, 2012 shows Bryce Hoogland of Boise, Idaho browsing books at the downtown Tatered Cover book Store in Denver. You wouldn't know it from the marketing materials festooned with skiers and beer, but Denver is one of the most highly educated and literate cities in the country. That much is obvious inside Tattered Cover, a celebrated independent bookstore with two Denver locations (and one in the suburbs) that dwarf most superstores. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Sales of print books fell just over 9 percent last year, according to Publishers Weekly.

Reporting on figures tracked by Nielsen BookScan, which tracks bookstores and many other venues, the fall was about the same as between 2010 and 2011, making an overall drop in print sales since 2010 of just under 16 percent.

Adult nonfiction fell most sharply, while juvenile nonfiction sales rose slightly.

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