Sixty-one percent of book purchases by frequent book buyers take place online, but only seven percent of those buyers said they discovered that book online
Great article about the trends in online book purchases.
It’s interesting, isn’t it that even though social media and online communication have connected people to each other, people still want to buy books that others recommend.
It’s why Goodreads works. I know the people who I’m connected to on Goodreads and I know whether we share the same interests or not. It’s not a shot in the dark, it’s a recommendation from a friend. Social sharing has changed book buying, but not the practice of wanting to read what your friends want to read, just how you know what your friends are reading.
So, what are you reading?