Books and newspapers: monthly retail sales value index in Great Britain 2016-2021
In the period between January 2016 and July 2021, the monthly trend in amount spent on books, newspapers, and periodicals (quantity bought) in Great Britain have generally decreased, and fluctuated significantly after January 2020 . The figures are seasonally adjusted estimates, measured using the Retail Sales Index (RSI) and published in index form with a reference year of 2018 equal to 100.