The Bookseller - News - UK among nations with the biggest reading public according to new global EIBF study

The European International Booksellers Federation's (EIBF) Study on Consumer Behaviour (book-buying trends, reading habits and customer needs) was commissioned through its three-year EU co-funded project RISE Bookselling. According to the study, 92% of UK respondents were heavy readers. Overall, 92% of UK respondents reported having read a book in the past 12 months, compared to 94% in Italy, 91% in Ireland, 81% in the US, 88% in France and 87% in Germany.