Book market in the Netherlands

Statistics report on the book industry in the Netherlands

Book market in the Netherlands

This report presents facts and statistics about the book market in the Netherlands. Among the figures, are statistics about book publishers, book retail and retailers, Dutch readers and their reading behavior. Moreover, the report provides facts and figures on book expenditure, online bookstores, book genres, foreign-language books, e-books and audio books.

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Book publishing

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  • Premium Statistic Consumer book market revenue in the Netherlands 2012-2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of book authors in the Netherlands 2012-2017
  • Premium Statistic Number of book titles sold in the Netherlands 2012-2021
  • Premium Statistic Number of new book titles in the Netherlands 2013-2020
  • Premium Statistic Number of e-book publishers in the Netherlands 2017-2018
  • Premium Statistic Number of e-book titles available in the Netherlands 2017-2018

Book retail

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  • Premium Statistic Turnover of the book market in the Netherlands 2012-2023
  • Premium Statistic Book sales in the Netherlands 2012-2023
  • Premium Statistic Market shares of print and digital in the Netherlands 2017 and 2022
  • Basic Statistic Consumer spending on newspapers, books and stationery in the Netherlands 2008-2022
  • Premium Statistic Paper book titles available in the Netherlands 2013-2017, by purchase channel
  • Premium Statistic Average price of books in the Netherlands 2012-2020
  • Premium Statistic Average revenue of bestsellers in the Netherlands 2012-2017
  • Premium Statistic Number of book retailers in the Netherlands 2007-2017

Book readers and habits

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  • Premium Statistic Annual book readership in the Netherlands 2017-2020
  • Premium Statistic Frequency of reading books among youth in the Netherlands 2018
  • Premium Statistic Share of people reading books daily in the Netherlands 2013-2024
  • Premium Statistic Number of books read in the last year in the Netherlands 2020
  • Premium Statistic Purchasing paper or e-books in the Netherlands 2018
  • Premium Statistic Bookstore visits in the Netherlands 2015-2024, by frequency
  • Premium Statistic Distribution of time passed since last finished book January 2020

Book genres

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  • Premium Statistic Distribution of book market turnover in the Netherlands 2023, by genre
  • Premium Statistic Distribution of general book sales in the Netherlands 2017, by genre
  • Premium Statistic Distribution of genres of print books in the Netherlands 2018
  • Premium Statistic Total number of fiction book titles in the Netherlands 2012-2018
  • Premium Statistic Total number of children's book titles available in the Netherlands 2012-2018
  • Premium Statistic Leading fiction book genres read in the Netherlands 2021, by genre
  • Premium Statistic Share of people reading non-fiction books in the Netherlands 2019, by genre

Languages

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  • Premium Statistic Turnover share of Dutch-language books in the Netherlands 2012-2018
  • Premium Statistic Turnover share of foreign-language books in the Netherlands 2012-2018
  • Premium Statistic Share of people sometimes buying foreign-language books in the Netherlands 2016-2019
  • Premium Statistic Share of people sometimes buying English books in the Netherlands 2016-2019
  • Premium Statistic Share of people sometimes buying German books in the Netherlands 2016-2019
  • Premium Statistic Share of people sometimes buying French books in the Netherlands 2016-2019
  • Premium Statistic Distribution of book sales in the Netherlands 2021, by genre
  • Premium Statistic Distribution foreign-language book market turnover in the Netherlands 2019, by genre
  • Premium Statistic Language of last read book in the Netherlands 2018
  • Premium Statistic Individuals purchasing books in foreign language in the Netherlands 2024, by language

E-books

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  • Premium Statistic Annual e-book sales in the Netherlands from 2010-2017
  • Premium Statistic Sales volume share of e-books in the Netherlands 2014-2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of e-books purchased annually in the Netherlands 2015-2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of e-readers in the Netherlands 2016-2018
  • Premium Statistic Turnover share of e-books in the Netherlands 2014-2021
  • Premium Statistic Average price of e-books in the Netherlands 2012-2020
  • Premium Statistic Reading habits in the Netherlands 2021, by frequency
  • Premium Statistic E-book reading device usage in the Netherlands 2021
  • Premium Statistic E-books purchasing frequency in the Netherlands 2018
  • Premium Statistic Distribution of e-book purchases in the Netherlands 2023
  • Premium Statistic Ways to acquire e-books in the Netherlands 2018
  • Premium Statistic Places to purchase e-books in the Netherlands 2018

Audio books

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  • Premium Statistic Number of audio book titles available in the Netherlands 2017-2018
  • Premium Statistic Audio books listening frequency in the Netherlands 2021-2024
  • Premium Statistic Audio book listeners in the Netherlands 2024, by age group
  • Premium Statistic Audio book listeners in the Netherlands 2019, by level of education
  • Premium Statistic Reasons to listen to audiobooks in the Netherlands 2019
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