{"id":153295,"date":"2021-12-08T16:59:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/?p=153295"},"modified":"2023-09-21T18:20:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:20:17","slug":"ebooks-no-match-for-print-books-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/ebooks-no-match-for-print-books-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebooks are still no match for print books (infographic)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"lead\"><strong>The newest infographic compares the popularity of printed and electronic books around the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/50-years-of-ebooks-timeline-benefits-infographic\/\" target=\"_blank\">50 years since the world&#8217;s first ebook was released<\/a>, and 14 years since the launch of the 1st-generation Kindle. How are ebooks doing today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-background has-system-sans-serif-font-family is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-color:#dedede;border-width:1px;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-top:1em;padding-right:1.5em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1.5em\"><ul class=\"has-dates has-small-font-size wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/top-free-ebooks-christmas-2023\/'>Free ebooks for Christmas 2023: here are the top 20 downloads<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2023-12-15T14:05:39+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">Dec 15, 2023<\/time> <\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/best-personalized-library-gifts\/'>12 best personalized gifts for librarians and library supporters<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2023-11-18T11:11:37+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">Nov 18, 2023<\/time> <\/li><\/ul><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>I still remember how breaking the news was that <a href=\"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/ebooks-audiobooks-facts-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon customers were buying more Kindle ebooks than print books combined<\/a>. It was over 10 years ago, in May 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>E-books are now a part of the publishing landscape, and many book lovers have already found a balance between print and electronic format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are ebooks still on the rise? Had they finally overcome printed books, but we all have missed it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No. According to data from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/outlook\/amo\/media\/books\/worldwide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Statista\u2019s Advertising &amp; Media Outlook<\/a>, the popularity of ebooks is still way behind paper books. Respondents from ten countries were asked last year about their purchases of print and electronic books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the United States, 45% of the population have purchased a printed book last year, compared to 23% buying an ebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ebooks are most popular in China, where 25% of the population is estimated to have bought an ebook, while 32% went for a printed book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Europe is where ebooks have not been embraced. They have been bought by 14% of the population in Spain, 10% in Germany, and only 7.5% in France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below, you will see all the data in a gorgeous infographic designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/print-books-versus-e-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Visual Capitalist<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized alignwide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Print-books-vs-ebooks-2021-full-infographic.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Print books vs ebooks 2021 - full infographic\" class=\"wp-image-153297\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Print-books-vs-ebooks-2021-full-infographic.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Print-books-vs-ebooks-2021-full-infographic.jpg?resize=220%2C220&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Print-books-vs-ebooks-2021-full-infographic.jpg?resize=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Print-books-vs-ebooks-2021-full-infographic.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Print-books-vs-ebooks-2021-full-infographic.jpg?resize=65%2C65&amp;ssl=1 65w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Print-books-vs-ebooks-2021-full-infographic.jpg?resize=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Print-books-vs-ebooks-2021-full-infographic.jpg?resize=840%2C840&amp;ssl=1 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/print-books-versus-e-books\/\">The Visual Capitalist<\/a> blog.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Keep exploring. Here are more infographics about books and reading:<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[ef-archive number=5 tag=&#8221;infographics&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newest infographic compares the popularity of printed and electronic books around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":153297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7],"tags":[11652,11173,11570],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Print-books-vs-ebooks-2021-full-infographic.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdOQhx-DSv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153295"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153299,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153295\/revisions\/153299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}