This chart illustrates the distribution of book buying sites in France in 2019. Internet sales accounted for 21 percent of book sales in France, while 22.5 percent of new book purchases were made in bookstores that same year.
Breakdown of new book purchases in value in France in 2019, by place of purchase
Characteristic
Share of value of new books purchased
Bookstores (all networks combined)
22.5%
Large specialized cultural areas
27%
Large non-specialized areas
18.5%
Online sales
21%
Mail order, brokerage and clubs (excluding internet)
The source adds the following information: "Distribution of purchases of new books in value (new printed books, excluding school books and encyclopedias in fascicles, excluding second-hand books)". **discounters, schools, markets, shows, garden centers.
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Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. (April 26, 2020). Breakdown of new book purchases in value in France in 2019, by place of purchase [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/783550/places-purchase-books-reading-france/
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. "Breakdown of new book purchases in value in France in 2019, by place of purchase." Chart. April 26, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/783550/places-purchase-books-reading-france/
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. (2020). Breakdown of new book purchases in value in France in 2019, by place of purchase. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/783550/places-purchase-books-reading-france/
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. "Breakdown of New Book Purchases in Value in France in 2019, by Place of Purchase." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Apr 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/783550/places-purchase-books-reading-france/
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Breakdown of new book purchases in value in France in 2019, by place of purchase [Graph], Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, April 26, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/783550/places-purchase-books-reading-france/
