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  ##  EBSCO Loves Books: Our 2025 Story in Numbers 

   [Infographic](/taxonomy/term/111)    | 12 December 2025  

 This infographic highlights key **2025 trends from EBSCO's book platforms**, including search and order activity, top book topics and formats, and global engagement from librarians. [Visit our resource center](https://about.ebsco.com/ebsco-loves-books).



  

 

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 ### EBSCO Loves Books: Our 2025 Story in Numbers

 <a style="display:none; "> Ref Link: https://about.ebsco.com/markdownify/node/162548</a>## EBSCO Loves Books: Our 2025 Story in Numbers

In 2025, libraries shaped a powerful year of book discovery, selection, and access across EBSCO's book platforms. From the formats librarians chose to the trends they propelled, these highlights capture a year defined by curiosity, collaboration, and a shared love of books.

### Libraries, Books &amp; Beyond

Where every book found its shelf.

- **3.2M+ unique title searches** conducted across all EBSCO book platforms (ECM, GOBI Library Solutions, and Mosaic)
- **6,800+ orders placed by librarie**s through EBSCO book platforms
- **500+ small and independent presses** represented across our catalog
- **60,411 books profiled** by GOBI Library Solutions (63% profiled from a print book and 37% profiled from an e-book)

### Books We Loved (and Librarians Did Too)

The topics and trends that made us smile.

- "HISTORICAL &amp; SOCIOLOGICAL" was the **most added topic tag** of the year for GOBI Books and for EBSCO eBooks
- **Top collection theme**: Medical and DRM-Free
- **Most downloaded format**: DRM-Free E-Books
- 62% surge in library purchases of books about **Bitcoin &amp; Cryptocurrencies**

### Connection Beyond Content

Celebrating the people who power books.

- **4,500 librarians across 15+ countries** engaged with our new book acquisition platform Mosaic through webinars, demos, and focus groups
- **4,000+ "EBSCO Loves Books" Stickers** found new homes in 2025, turning laptops and lanyards into tiny billboards for book access and library choice
- **3,500 librarians are now rocking Mosaic socks**, turning every step into a quiet cheer for better book acquisition

### Love books as much as we do?

Discover how EBSCO supports libraries with dependable, flexible solutions for book acquisition and collection growth.

**Learn more at:** [**about.ebsco.com/ebsco-loves-books**](https://about.ebsco.com/ebsco-loves-books)

Disclaimer: Data represents combined activity across GOBI Library Solutions, Mosaic by GOBI Library Solutions, and EBSCOhost Collection Manager (ECM) from January 2025 to November 2025.



 

  

 

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