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Amazon has become a great ally for Mexican readers when it comes to choosing books. (Infobae/Jovani Pérez)
Books are a strong opponent for streaming platforms, because like Netflix, HBO and Disney, these stories are capable of captivating those who consume them. This has been realized Amazona platform that has opted for the sale of these.
Despite having been around for centuries, books have undergone a series of technological innovations that have allowed for improvements not only in the preservation and reproduction of texts, but also in access to information and entertainment.
Thus, we are now far from the printing of The Diamond Sutra, the oldest printed book still preserved, which, according to calculations, was distributed in the year 868 by the Chinese Wang Jie; or from 1440, when Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable type printing press and gave birth to the first book in the modern era called The Gutenberg Bible or Mazarin Bible, which consisted of 1,282 pages with 42 lines each.
Nowadays readers can choose to read titles in pocket format or even resort to electronic tablets and Kindle, which is Amazon’s exclusive book reader.
However, one of the problems that can arise in today’s fast-paced world can be the audacity to choose what to read faced with a wave of titles and authors from different genres and countries, although the list of the 10 most popular titles updated by Amazon Mexico could be a good guide to know which text to read next.
1. Pocket Dictionary (Spanish-English)
Author: Larousse Editions
2. Stop Being You: The mind creates reality
Author: Joe Dispenza
3. Atomic Habits
Author: James Clear
4. Netter. Anatomy Coloring Book (3rd ed.)
Author: J. T. Hansen
5. The Four Agreements: A Book of Toltec Wisdom
Author: Miguel Ruiz
6. The Screaming Goat
Author: Running Press
7. Plus Secondary School Dictionary
Author: Luis Ignacio De La Peña
8. American Pocket Chambers English Dictionary
Author: Elaine Higgleton
9. Mushoku Tensei Novels No.4
Author: Refujin Na Magonote
10. This pain is not mine. Identify and resolve inherited family traumas
Author: Mark Wolynn
*Note: Some books may not have an author because the platform does not provide it.
To buy books on amazon All you need is an account on the platform and then type the title of the work into the search engine and then click on “buy”. You can add more than one item to the cart and complete the purchase afterwards.
Attendees at the 33rd edition of the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL). (EFE/Francisco Guasco/Archive)
The percentage of the reading population in Mexico It was located at 68.5%, that is, 3.4 copies per year, being the lowest level since the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) began to carry out the Module on Reading (MOLEC) in 2016.
According to the statistics released in the 2023 edition, it is observed that the reading population aged 18 and over decreased by 3.3 percentage points compared to 2022. Compared to the first measurement in 2016, which also recorded the highest figure with 80.8%, last year the number of readers decreased 12.3 percent.
By sex, this year the men took the lead and read more (71.7%) compared to the women (65.7%). The average time of a continuous reading session was 42 minutes.
In terms of age range, it was identified that the Mexican reading population decreases as age increases. In the younger age groups (18 to 24 years and 25 to 34 years) the behavior of readers was similar: eight out of 10 people read, however, as age increased a gradual decline could be seen, for example, women aged 65 and older dropped to five readers out of 10, while in the case of men it fell to six out of 10.
By the type of reading material, the books were the most read with 40.8%; followed by the Internet pages, forums or blogswith 37.7%; in third place are the magazineswith 23.6%; newspaperswith 18.5% and the comicswith 6.1 percentage points.
When comparing the type of material and the ages, it can be seen that Internet pages are the favorites among the 18 to 34 year old public, while books have greater support among the population over 35 years old, but especially among adults aged 65 or older.
Regarding the reason that led the reading population to do this exercise, 44.6% answered that it was because entertainment; 26.5% said it was due to work or studies; 19.2% indicated that they did so because general culture; 9.4% by religion and 0.3% for another reason.
