Books are a strong opponent for streaming platforms, because like Netflix, HBO and Disney, these stories are capable of keeping those who consume them on the edge of their seats. He has been aware of this Amazona platform that has opted for the sale of these.
And despite having emerged centuries ago, the book has undergone a series of technological innovations that have allowed us to improve not only the conservation and reproduction of texts, but also 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.
Today readers can choose to read titles in paperback 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 facing 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. The Four Agreements: A Book of Toltec Wisdom
Author: Miguel Ruiz
2. Stop Being You: The mind creates reality
Author: Joe Dispenza
3. I Will Always Love You
Author: Robert Munsch
4. Atomic Habits
Author: James Clear
5. Thank you!
Author: Andrés Manuel López Obrador
6. This pain is not mine. Identify and resolve inherited family traumas
Author: Mark Wolynn
7. God. Science, evidence. The dawn of a revolution
Author: Michel-Yves Bolloré
8. Don’t believe everything you think. Suffering begins and ends in your head.
Author: Joseph Nguyen
9. Discover best friends
Author: Thomas Garcia Cerezo
10. The Little Prince
Author: Antonie De Saint-Exupéry
*Note: Some books may not have an author because the platform does not provide it.
For buy books on amazon All you have to do is have an account on said platform and then type the title of the work in the search engine and then click on “buy”. You can add more than one item to your cart and checkout later.
The percentage of the reading population in Mexico was located at 68.5%, that is, 3.4 specimens 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 readership went down 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 increasesIn 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 They were the most read with 40.8%; followed by the Internet pages, forums or blogswith 37.7%; in third place are the journalswith 23.6%; newspaperswith 18.5% and the comic bookswith 6.1 percentage points.
When making a contrast between the type of material and the ages, it is clear that Internet pages are the favorites among the public between 18 and 34 years old; while books have greater support from the population over 35 years old, but especially among older adults 65 years old or older.
Regarding the reason that led the reading population to do this exercise, 44.6% answered that it was because entertainment; 26.5% indicated that it was due to work or studies; 19.2% indicated that they did it for general culture; 9.4% for religion and 0.3% for another reason.
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