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Quiz books enjoyed record growth while non-fiction and overall print sales fell slightly. The trend highlights changing reader habits and sustained interest in gameshow tie-ins.
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00:01Quizbooks defied trends in the UK publishing market last year, recording a near 25% rise in spending.
00:09Nielsen IQ Bookdata reports last year was the strongest for the genre since records began in 1998.
00:15Sales of Bibles also rose, increasing by 19% from the previous year, reaching £6.3 million.
00:22Best-selling quiz titles include spin-offs from ITV's The 1% Club, published by Transworld,
00:28part of Penguin Random House.
00:30Meanwhile, non-fiction sales fell to their lowest level since 2014.
00:35Combined print book sales reached £1.81 billion.
00:38Industry experts note fiction continued to see growth.
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