The Virtual Book Fair, held every November at idefix with the intense participation of publishing houses and readers, is getting ready to celebrate its 21st anniversary this year. The Virtual Book Fair, which will be held on idefix.com between 6 November and 24 December 2023, will turn into a feast that book enthusiasts will not want to miss, with hundreds of thousands of books from thousands of publishing houses and special discounts for the 21st year. Offering a cultural richness with the fair, idefix brought together approximately 1.5 million books in different genres with readers in the first 9 months of this year alone.
Virtual Book Fair is getting ready to celebrate its 21st anniversary with all book lovers. The fair, which will be held on idefix.com between 6 November and 24 December 2023, will bring hundreds of thousands of books from thousands of publishing houses to readers. The Virtual Book Fair, which will make books more accessible to readers with special price advantages for its 21st year, is also of particular importance as it will offer a cultural richness.
idefix, which has touched the hearts of its users with books of different genres for years, brought more than 1 million 400 thousand books to readers in the first 9 months of 2023. As of the first 9 months of the year, the literature category was the most preferred by readers on idefix with 471,691 items; Literature was followed by children’s books with 249,651, reference books with 228,554 and research-history books with 134,556.
Despite the spread of digital technologies all over the world and the increase in the use of electronic and audio books, the traditional habit of reading books continues to be among the indispensable parts of book enthusiasts. Readers who prefer to read books in printed versions today prefer e-Commerce platforms for more practical and faster access.
In Turkey, where more than 50 thousand books are published every year; Offering countless products to its users in many categories, from electronics to sports-outdoor, from books to small home appliances, idefix not only brings millions of books to readers since 1996, but also offers a cultural richness with online fairs and author meetings.
Research shows that young people read the most
According to the “Quality of Life Module” report published by TUIK, the age group that read the most books other than school books in our country was the 15-24 age group with 50.9 percent, while the least reading rate was seen in individuals aged 65 and over with 14.1 percent. According to another report published by TÜİK, 69 thousand 211 books were published across Turkey last year.
At idefix, which provides perfect service to its users in all book categories, youth and literature categories attracted great attention throughout the year, while children, education-application and research-history categories were among the primary preferences of users, apart from educational books.
With the opening of schools, interest in books increased
Idefix, which responds quickly to the demands of its users in many categories, is experiencing an increase in book category orders with the opening of schools. idefix brought more than 1 million 400 thousand books to its users in the first 9 months of the year; In October, it continues to respond quickly to orders from many genres, especially literature, education, children, research-history, application, youth, science, art-design and philosophy, and deliver them to the end user.