the essential
With an average of six books purchased per year per inhabitant, the town of Lavaur is a good indicator of readers' tastes. But what do the Vauréens read?
Lavaur and the book, it's a long story. Even today the pleasure of reading and paper works is essential in the city of Jaquemart.
On average in Lavaur we buy six books per inhabitant on average while elsewhere we are more like one book per six inhabitants” underlines Yves Lagier of the @ttitude bookstore. “I think that this bookstore since grandmother Sudre has had a enormous continuity. We changed the methods and in eleven years we tripled the bookstore's figure. Each year, the Vauréan bookstore alone sells nearly 70,000 books. One of the particularities of the store is that it achieves this figure with 37,000 different titles. This is precisely what makes a bookstore strong compared to a much less busy department of mass distribution. Those who enter the Grand-rue bookstore are looking for originality. of difference and can count on the wise advice of booksellers as well as the availability of works.
From novels to poetry, testimonials, essays and comic strips, the pleasure is varied. When it comes time to take stock, a sales chart can be outlined. The Goncourt Prize “Houris” by Kamel Daoud tops the sales charts and “The Cleaning Woman” by Freida McFadden. We will also note the Vauréan eclecticism with in human sciences “Mémoricide” by Philippe de Villiers topping the sales charts in large format and “The Man Who Saved the Trees” by Thomas Brail in pocket format!
If it is difficult to know how many and which works were ordered on the internet or purchased in supermarkets, another interesting indicator is that of loans. Because the Vauréen buys but also borrows books… E mass! At the media library nearly 120,000 were made this year, all media combined, including more than 100,000 book loans.
In the adult sector, five detective novels come out on top: “My heart has moved” by Michel Bussi, “Un animal sauvage” by Joel Dicker, “Angélique” by Guillaume Musso, “Sur la slab” by Fred Vargas and ” Sleeping Water” by Fiona Barton. In the children's sector, the comic strip “Mortelle Adèle” takes the top three. It is also at the top of bookstore sales. A crushing and final victory.
