Print book sales from February 2011 to February 2012 fell by 13%, with fiction sales falling by 24%, according to BookScan (UK)

The number of print books bought in the UK last year has fallen by 13%, amounting to roughly £15m in revenue, according to Nielsen BookScan data. The worst hit section of the market was adult fiction, which dropped by 24%. Non-fiction was also down 14%, with children's and young adult books the least affected, falling 9% - buoyed by the success of books like War Horse