In a new FGEE survey of Spanish readers, the number of people reading weekly increased from 50 percent in 2019 to 57 percent in 2020.
Italian Book Industry: Publishers’ Study Sees ‘Signs of Recovery’
Italian publishers see ‘encouraging signs of an upturn,’ as data from Nielsen and Informazioni Editoriali shows revenue losses were cut in half in July.
Coronavirus Impact: A New Survey by Italian Publishers Sees ‘Abandonment of Reading’
Some 32 percent of respondents in Italy tell publishers that news consumption replaced their reading time during the pandemic.
Coronavirus Impact: Scholastic Adjusts Its Summer Reading Program
As much as 30 percent of typical annual reading gains may not be carried into schoolwork in the autumn, says an NWEA report, as the COVID-19 pandemic affects US education.
Spain’s New Bookish Habits Report: 68.6 Percent Reading
The 2019 data just released on trends in Spain’s reading habits shows that among those who don’t read books, ‘lack of time’ is the most cited reason.
Penguin Random House and Kellogg’s Renew ‘Feeding Reading’ Promotion
Having distributed more than 400,000 children’s books last year, the PRH-Kellogg’s partnership, Feeding Reading, is back this year with 125 titles on offer.
Scholastic’s ‘Kids & Family’ Report Sees Summer Youth Reading Lagging
More children are seen by Scholastic’s researchers as reading ‘zero books’ during the summer, and many parents don’t grasp the ‘summer slide’ problem.
Scholastic’s New ‘Kids & Family Reading’ Report: Reading Aloud Is Up
Scholastic’s biennial Kids & Family Reading Report finds American families are reading books aloud to their children more often.
Spain’s Publishers Cite Rising Readership, Digital Reading ‘More Intensive’
The new ‘barometer’ report on reading habits in Spain for 2018 shows a growing engagement with readership, later teens reading less.
Canadians’ Reading Habits: BookNet Sees Smartphone Reading Rising
Reading ranks fifth in BookNet Canada’s newest survey of respondents’ leisure-time activities, and smartphone reading is on the rise. Thirty-eight percent say their reading increased in the last year.