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Library ebook lending surges as UK turns to fiction during lockdown

Written By Unknown on Friday, October 23, 2020 | 8:18 AM

Charity says ebooks borrowing up 146% from March to August, with crime thrillers popular

They may have been closed for months during lockdown, but amid long days and many on furlough it has emerged that the nation turned to local libraries for cultural sustenance – with a surge in the lending of ebooks, and crime thrillers in particular.

In total, more than 3.5m additional ebooks were borrowed between the end of March and mid-August, according to the charity Libraries Connected, an increase of 146%. Adding audiobooks and e-comics, there was an increase of 5m digital items borrowed.

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