• 2021-12-28

The National Central Library and Readmoo e-books jointly organized the 2021 Reading Report announcement, which was held on the afternoon of December 15 in the National Central Library’s International Conference Hall.

At the event, Sophie Pang, CEO of Readmoo e-books, delivered an annual reading trend analysis report, analyzing the types and rankings of e-books favored by readers of Readmoo e-books in 2021, and the price levels of books that readers were willing to buy. From the report, we learned that the five major categories of books with the most obvious sales growth this year were: literature and novels, business and finance, lifestyle, inspiration and growth and social sciences. Among these, the category of “lifestyle” was speculated to have emerged because of the impact of the pandemic. In addition, although audiobooks and photobooks accounted for a small proportion of sales, they are expected to grow rapidly.

The report compares the reading preferences and habits of readers of different ages and genders, and analyzes the distributions of reading time and habitual platforms, etc., in hopes of reflecting a complete picture of readers. It can also be seen that, because of the pandemic, working from home was prevalent, and the proportion of e-readers and tablets used this year far exceeded that of mobile phones.

During the meeting, Han Songling, the publisher of Music and Music Culture , and Chen Zhiyu, the general manager of Linking Publishing, were invited to share how publishers propose countermeasures and overcome adversity under the pandemic, as well as their thinking, observations and innovations in relation to digital publishing in Taiwan. After the presentation, National Central Library Director-General Shu-hsien Tseng selected two lucky guests to receive Readmoo e-readers and souvenirs, before the curtain finally came down on a group photo full of laughs!