Welcome to the WBZ Book Club. This is Jordan Rich. It's always interesting
to take a look at reading trends as a new year unfolds, so I
checked in with the Association of American Publishers or AAP. They represent the leading
book journal and education publishers in the US, and they have some interesting stats
garnered over the last couple of years. Seventy five percent of all Americans have
read at least one book in any format over the last year. Two in
five Americans now listen to audiobooks. Audiobooks are most popular with younger readers eighteen
to twenty nine, and when it comes to reading on your kindle or digital
pad, those numbers are close to fifty percent. The audiobook industry is earning
close to six billion dollars a year, with close to one hundred and twenty
million adulta Americans enjoying the audiobook format, and as digitalization has taken over AI
in the form of chat GPT is leading to low quality computer written books that
could lead to potential copyright violations. We'll have to wait and see on that.
Just a few of the latest stats and trends all part of the Book
Club WBZ Boston's news radio