This distribution shows how customers of print books would change their print book purchasing habits if the major bookstore chain Barnes & Noble were to close. In spring 2013, 11 percent of respondents said that in such an event they would buy fewer printed books, but would increase their purchases of e-books.
If Barnes & Noble closed, how would this affect your printed book purchasing?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
I would buy fewer printed books
9%
I would buy fewer printed books but would increase purchase of e-books
11%
I would buy the same amount of printed books, shifting my purchases to other sources
45%
It would not affect my purchasing of books
33%
I would buy more printed books, shifting my purchases to other sources
Respondents were asked: "If Barnes & Noble - the last major brick and morter [sic] bookstore chain -closed, how would this affect your printed book purchasing?"
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Ricoh. (December 13, 2013). If Barnes & Noble closed, how would this affect your printed book purchasing? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/289360/effect-of-barnes-and-noble-closure-on-print-book-purchasing/
Ricoh. "If Barnes & Noble closed, how would this affect your printed book purchasing?." Chart. December 13, 2013. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/289360/effect-of-barnes-and-noble-closure-on-print-book-purchasing/
Ricoh. (2013). If Barnes & Noble closed, how would this affect your printed book purchasing?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/289360/effect-of-barnes-and-noble-closure-on-print-book-purchasing/
Ricoh. "If Barnes & Noble Closed, How Would This Affect Your Printed Book Purchasing?." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Dec 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/289360/effect-of-barnes-and-noble-closure-on-print-book-purchasing/
Ricoh, If Barnes & Noble closed, how would this affect your printed book purchasing? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/289360/effect-of-barnes-and-noble-closure-on-print-book-purchasing/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
If Barnes & Noble closed, how would this affect your printed book purchasing? [Graph], Ricoh, December 13, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/289360/effect-of-barnes-and-noble-closure-on-print-book-purchasing/
