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Sunday Book Club: how COVID-19 has changed authors and readers alike – Daily Telegraph
After the confused fog of initial lockdown, new data is beginning to reveal the impact of COVID-19 on the world of books — and on the behaviour of booklovers across Australia.
After the confused fog of initial lockdown, new data is beginning to reveal the impact of COVID-19 on the world of books and on the behaviour of booklovers across Australia.
Surprisingly, the news is far from bad; and regular readers of this page may well relate.
New figures show a significant lift in year-on-year book sales across certain categories, particularly adult and children’s fiction, since late March when lockdown measures began in Australia.
New titles like Hilary Mantel’s long-awa…
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