• The Telegraph , Thursday, May 2, 2013 2:10 PM

Total spending across printed and digital formats rose 4% to hit £3.3 billion in 2012, according to the Publishers Association. Printed books still account for the vast majority of sales and slid by just 1% to £2.9 billion. Publishers were cheered, however, as continued growth in the digital market more than made up for the shortfall. Digital sales, including the hugely important market in e-textbooks and titles for e-readers such as Amazon’s Kindle range and a new wave of smaller and lighter tablets, led by Apple’s iPad mini, were up 66% to £411 million.

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