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An investigation into how book clubs are responding and adapting to the extraordinary events of 2020, and the implications for the future
by Bookbrowse
This report is recommended for librarians, booksellers, publishers and authors; and for book club members looking to gain insight into how other groups have responded to the events of 2020.
BookBrowse has surveyed readers and book clubbers for more than 15 years. Over this time we have seen many relatively slow shifts including the growth in book clubs themselves, how people buy books and the formats that they read in.
However, 2020 has been different-for all of us; so many aspects of our lives have been impacted by recent events. So, in October 2020 we surveyed 3,400 people currently in a book club to find out how their book groups have been responding and adapting. In order to make this information available to as wide an audience as possible, we have priced this print version at cost; or you can download it for free at bookbrowse.com/wp
In the report you will discover:
BookBrowsers Ask Kate Storey, author of The Forgotten Book Club and The Memory Library
I first had the idea during the pandemic lockdowns, when I saw silent book clubs advertised on social media. I used to be in a book club, but time was short and I found it hard to force myself to read the chosen book if it wasn't one I really connected with. I loved the idea of reading communally...
-Lisa_T
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