Capital city Bucharest and the counties of Brasov and Cluj generated the bulk of orders, accounting for over a quarter (28%) of the books ordered across Romania.
The most book orders per capita in 2022 were placed from Bucharest, Brasov and Cluj, and the fewest orders placed on Libris.ro were placed from the counties of Harghita, Covasna and Ialomita.
Countrywide, the average number of books per order was 3.7 and the average amount was RON113. The biggest average amount, of RON240 per order, was recorded in the county of Brasov.
Children’s books were best-sellers across all counties, with a quarter of books delivered in 2022 being children’s books which dominated sales.
Gabor Mate was the best-selling author on Libris.ro in 2022, alongside Coleen Hoover and Antoine de Saint Exupery.
Ioana Chicet-Macoveiciuc continued to dominate the ranking of best-selling Romanian authors, being followed by Dumitru Constantin Dulcan and Ioana Parvulescu.
Countrywide, the highest traffic was recorded on mobile devices, respectively three times higher than on computer desktop: Bucharest (83.5%), Timis (82.4%) and Cluj (81.9%).
Five most active counties in terms of book purchases:
1.Bucharest– 382,470 books sold;
2.Brasov- 186,891 books sold;
3.Cluj- 100,644 books sold;
4.Ilfov- 94,446 books sold;
5.Iași- 83,47 books sold.