Two questions:
One: How many books are published every year in Bengali language?
Two: What are the total readership of Bengali literature?
The new book has been published in Ekushey Book Fair, 2017, 3646. Sales of only 65 million and 40 million rupees were sold in the book market only. The fact is that at least 200 million taka is sold. At least 5 thousand new books are published in Bangla throughout the year.
How many readers of Bangladesh? People in the publication world think that, more than 40 million Bengali-language readers read creative books. Among the 17 million people, only 2.3 percent. It is reported in the report of the Bangladesh chapter of Worldwide Publishing Association (WPA) that 2.3 percent of people read two hours and 34 minutes per week.
Most surprisingly - reader of India reads an average of books throughout the world! NOP World statistics say an Indian reader reads 10 hours and 42 minutes a week. Afterwards, Thailand, China, Philippines, Egypt, Czech Republic, Russia, Sweden, respectively.
Having a good experience working with the book. There is nothing more to say about Dhaka city. People of multi character There are a lot of readers. After the city of Dhaka, people of Chittagong and Sylhet used to read a lot of books. The condition of the reader numbers is not very good.
Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet may be one of the reasons for the number of readers to have financial strength. Fine book reading in Bangladesh is still in Bangladesh. Where every time there is to fight for rice, it is difficult to find time to read books and spend it.
If the economic balance of the country is not confirmed, it is not just books, expansion of different branches of knowledge will be difficult.
There is no scope for inadequate reader numbers in Bangladesh only. The publishing companies are inexpensive, chic, arbitrary, low-level jobs. Working with knowledge and education, the unskilled and uneducated people are seen at every level of this sector.
Many people think that there is a hardcopy book at the time of the excellence of software? I often say in reply that if Hardakpi's application was reduced due to SoftCopy, then the circulation number of Hardcopy of all the newspapers of Bangladesh would have been closed. For just one day's application, people buy news magazines at Tk 8, but they have the opportunity to read the online version of the previous night. Why hardcupy why? The book is a big deal!
The crisis is - quality work. Quality Literature. I have seen my small experience, if the quality is done then the readers of Bangla are still very much. It's a big hope. I invite young and educated entrepreneurs from Bangladesh, come to your publication sector. There is great scope, there is work space. If you move to this sector, we can build a great publishing industry Insha Allah.