Italian book sales up 13% last year over 2019

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 27 - Book sales in Italy were up some 13% last year over 2019, the Italian Publishers' Association (AEI) said Friday.
    Some 112.6 million copies were sold in 2022, 13 million more than in 2019, the AIE said, with sales worth 1.671 billion euros.
    This was 13.1% up in value over 2019 and 13.3% for number of copies.
    It was 2.3% down in terms of value on 2021, and 2.4% down on the previous year in terms of copies, the AIE said. (ANSA).