In the epidemic, what books do you like to read?
Recently, the reporter found from the list of retail new books in February that sales of science-related books related to New Crown Pneumonia have increased. In addition, in the online store's best-seller list, Yu Hua's "Alive" topped the list. "Hundred Years of Solitude", "Cholera Love", "Outsider", "Ordinary World" and "Norwegian Forest" all appeared on the list. An industry insider said in an interview with reporters that readers are concerned about the epidemic and naturally want to know the relevant information. This situation is normal. Yangtze Evening News / Zi Niu News reporter Huang Yanwen
Sales of books related to the outbreak have increased
According to the data released by the open book, affected by the epidemic situation, the sales of books related to plague, virus or epidemiology have increased significantly. Among them, the most obvious are literary books, such as "Plague", "Love in Cholera" and "Corona Virus".
The reason is mainly that readers are concerned about the epidemic situation. At present, it is still the nationwide anti-epidemic situation. The development of the epidemic situation is related to everyone's life and life. The topics such as plague and virus are related to everyone, Home life or home work also gives everyone more time to read. On the other hand, many public accounts also released a large number of book lists related to the epidemic during this period, which virtually formed a reading hotspot. For example, during the outbreak of the epidemic, everyone would think of the "SARS" of that year, so Bi Shumin's "Corona Virus" would easily become a hot search, as well as "Snow Crow" and "Plague" are also about plague. Of course, the description will be compared with the actual situation. For example, on Valentine's Day, many public accounts quote some words in "Love in the Cholera", which will easily attract the reader's attention. In addition, epidemiological books such as Virus Planet, Plague and Humans, and the Great Influenza: The Epic of the Deadliest Plague have also seen significant sales growth. According to the Shanghai Translation Publishing House, 50,000 copies of the Plague were printed and will be officially launched in the near future.
New crown pneumonia protection book has a positive effect on stabilizing the public
During the outbreak, in order to help the public understand the new coronavirus epidemic, a number of books related to pneumonia were urgently published in the publishing industry. According to the data released by the open book, among the many new books popularized by science popularizing new coronary pneumonia, the proportion of public health books Most, such as "Readers of New Coronavirus Pneumonia Protection Knowledge", "Protection of New Coronavirus Infection", "Professor Zhang Wenhong's Advice to Prevent and Control New Coronavirus", "50 Questions of New Coronavirus Worker Protection Knowledge", etc., targeting children with weak resistance There are also susceptible groups such as the elderly and the elderly, and books such as "Children's New Coronavirus Pneumonia Protection" and "Manuals for the Protection of New Coronary Virus Pneumonia in the Elderly" are published. The target group is more specific and the content is more targeted. Industry insiders said that because this epidemic has an impact on everyone's work and life to varying degrees, but there is too much information on the Internet, which is endless, but not necessarily all true and effective. At this time, everyone needs With more scientific and authoritative understanding of epidemics, epidemiology and other topics, traditional paper publications have played an active role in promptly solving doubts, guiding individual prevention, and stabilizing public psychology.
At present, the national anti-epidemic has achieved staged victory, but the impact of the epidemic will continue. It remains to be seen whether such epidemic-related books will receive continued attention.