At the levels of 11,312 book titles were the book production in our country, according to the latest available research data Collective Project Management Organization (OSDEL).
As a whole The Numerical Results of the Research on Bibliopharsation In 2024 they have stabilized that it stabilizes in 11,000 titles per year, translated securities are increasing and reaching 31% of total production, the majority of publications remains printed (94.6%), children’s/adolescent literature recorded a record of 2,769 titles and 30%.
In addition, English remains the basic language of translations, But other regional languages are increasing, book prices have increased and despite increasing the use of electronic devices, e-books and audiobooks, they remain limited.
And in 2024, it is recorded that the publication of books in Greece is overwhelmingly printed. Therefore by type of book we had a printed form of 10,701 projects, Audiobook: 376, e-book: 112 and so on: 123 (set, maps, etc.).
Thematic categories and values
The lion’s portion Literature has 4,133 projects in the production of titles and followed by children’s-adolescents (2,769), Theoretical Sciences (2,248), positive/physical/applied sciences (537), educational (254), arts (265), non -literary prose – biography, interviews, speeches – (498) and general (608).
It is noted that translated projects had a slight increase (3,579) compared to 2023 (3,389) and 2022 (3,511), while it is interesting to observe that the average book price was at 17.63 euros, with an increase in average price categories such as educational, childhood and scientific.
For example, Educational books from 15.08 euros in 2019 went up to 22.63 euros, while positive, physical and applied sciences at EUR 47.21 from EUR 35.35. Literature was relatively stable in terms of prices, as from 12.72 euros to € 13.89.
Regarding publishing activity, statistics showed that 45.78% of new production is from 38 publishers.
What do we read
OSDEL’s research entitled “Reads, Readers and Readers: The Book and Audience in Greece” whose scientific direction had Nikos Panagiotopoulos, a professor of sociology at the NCSR, showed that the population is being readable to non -readers. The average number of books read in the past two years, from the general population are the 5 books.
Lack of time It is the main reason why most citizens do not read books. For non -readers, the reason is the unattractiveness of the reading.
More than 80% the books read were printed. They mainly read young men.
Literature is in the first place of the reading preferences, Following are the story and police literature -relatives are detected according to the sex of the respondents.
Research has shown that reading books seeks both the information and enjoyment of the art of speech and the escape from everyday life.
Important factor in the market of a book is its mouth -to -mouth dissemination, Without the need for the reader to get it in his hands by going to bookstores, and the role of the internet is important.
In addition, the higher the educational level, the raises the prices in the book reading index and the higher the professions of the father, the mother, the ancestral and the mother -in -law (those asked in the context of research) the higher the book reading index.
Finally, as the books exist in the household or that existed in the children’s library increases, so does the reading index in the last year.
The picture in the EU
According to the latest intercepts of Eurostat, the younger group, aged 16-29, read more (60.1%) compared to people aged 30-54 (53.5%), 55-64 years (52.6%) and 65 years and older (47.2%). More women in the EU read books (60.5%) than men (44.5%). The same pattern was observed when the number of books read: 28.8% of women and 24.8% of men read fewer than 5 books, 14.3% of women and 9.8% of men read 5-9 books, while 17.4% of women and 9.9% of men read 10 or more books.
Among EU countries, Luxembourg reported the highest percentage of people who had read books (75.2%), followed by Denmark (72.1%) and Estonia (70.7%).