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BOOKS ‘GROUNDSWELL' DEFIES DOWNTURN  By Melissa Kent

Five of BookScans top-10 bestsellers are Australian, including the 60,000 selling kitchen blockbuster 
4 Ingredients by Queensland mothers Rachael Bermingham and Kim McKosker, and Underbelly, the gritty true story of Melbourne’s underworld. 

Angus & Robertson group merchandise director Craig Hemmer, reported a groundswell towards books. "People are looking to books as entertainment and a little bit of self-indulgence, which has given the market a good, solid base," he said.

Sunday Telegraph (Sydney)

READING NATION We love our books By Isabel  Hayes

Australia is a nation of bookworms, with 85 percent of the population sitting down for a good read in  their spare time every week.

They may be threatened by computer games and the great outdoors, but it seems that “old fashioned” books are still one of the most popular pursuits.

Research into Australian reading habits has revealed that 93 percent of NSW residents read for pleasure every month, while 47 percent of the population picks up a book every single day.

Australians are buying books in their millions each year.  And while sixty three per cent of Australians visit bookshops regularly,  just 35 per cent visit a library every month.