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Book Clubs in Lockdown by Bookbrowse

Book Clubs in Lockdown

An investigation into how book clubs are responding and adapting to the extraordinary events of 2020, and the implications for the future

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  • Dec 2020, 46 pages
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Book Summary

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:

  • How book clubs are responding and adapting to the events of 2020
  • How the overall book club experience compares to last year
  • Where book clubs are meeting and what precautions they are taking
  • The good and not so good aspects of meeting virtually
  • What book clubs are-and are not- discussing this year
  • The ways in which the pandemic is changing book clubs for the long term and much more...

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