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英國出版商協會（ Publishers  Association ）發布的最新年度報告顯示，去年兒童書籍幫助英國圖書銷售創下 35 億英鎊的新紀錄。雖然電子閱讀器越來越普及，但電子書籍的銷售額卻下降至 5.38 億英鎊。報告中提到，健身類和自助書籍深受讀者喜愛。非小說類書籍的銷量增長了 9% ，而小說類書籍的銷量卻下降了 7% 。請聽  Rory Cellan-Jones  的報道。

With the rise of the Kindle and other e-readers, it did once look as though the publishing industry was going to suffer a period of severe digital disruption.

But last year, sales of physical books rose by 8%, with readers showing particular enthusiasm for non-fiction and children’s books. Meanwhile, there was a 17% fall in sales of consumer e-books, although online journals, academic titles and audio books helped the publishing industry boost its overall digital revenues.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was the bestselling book of 2016, with 1.5 million copies sold. It seems parents are much happier seeing children reading on paper rather than screens.

詞匯表

the rise of 崛起、興起
severe 嚴重的
digital disruption 電子（書籍）引起的（市場）干擾
enthusiasm 熱情
non-fiction 非小說類紀實文學作品
online journals 在線期刊、雜志
academic titles 學術性書籍
audio books 有聲讀物、音頻書籍
boost 增加
revenues 收入

測驗

請聽報道并回答下列問題。

1. What is a Kindle?

2. What kinds of books contributed to the increase in physical book sales?

3. True or false? Parents prefer children to read books on digital devices.

4. Which word in the text means ‘selling in greater quantities than others of the same kind’?

答案

1. What is a Kindle?
Kindle is a type of e-reader. Books are stored digitally on an e-reader.

2. What kinds of books contributed to the increase in physical book sales?
Non-fiction books and children’s books contributed to the increase of physical book sales by 8%.

3. True or false? Parents prefer children to read books on digital devices.
False. Parents prefer children to read books on paper rather than on screens, hence the rise in children’s paper book sales.

4. Which word in the text means ‘selling in greater quantities than others of the same kind’?
Bestselling.