HEAVEN knows, there is plenty that could be better in this small country, my our new/old home, Hungary.
Therefore, it is all the more important to speak up when there is something good to say.
Last year this nation of just ten million people, published no less than 15,255 new titles. A total of 44 and a half million books were purchased by the citizenry during the same 12 months, which is an average of around 4.5 books per citizen, including new born babies and toddlers.
It is notable, that almost 13 percent of sales were made up of children's books. Once we ponder that figure, we get to understand the voracious appetite for reading among Magyars. Its a pastime, a passion from the cradle to the grave - the inroads made by television and other medias nothwithstanding.
A record any country, any nation would be proud of.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
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