Physical book sales nosedive

KEY

Question 1

a. True.” The number of novels sold in January was just under four million, a decline of 25 per cent compared to January 2011.”
b. False. “Total book sales in the UK over the month – including non-fiction books such as cookbooks – fell by 12 per cent compared to January 2011.”
c. True. “Around one in 40 of all adults in the UK were given a Kindle over Christmas, making them far and away the most popular present in the country.”
d. False. “Jonathan Nowell, the company’s president, told a conference in Italy that the decline in sales of real books in the US has doubled over two years.”


Question 2

a. People are buying fewer printed books because new tecnology devices such as Kindles or e-books allow them to read almost any kind of books online, which is very convenient and cheap.
b. An e-reader is a device in which you can store an enormous number of electronic or digital books that you download from the internet.

Question 3


a. due to b. display c. trend


Question 4


a. People believe that spending on printed books is now at its lowest level.
b. Jonathan Nowell said that the decline in sales of real books in the US had doubled over two years while sales of e-books had doubled every year.
c. If people didn’t download books from the internet, they would buy more books.