The BookStats study shows that
hardcover sales rose 6 % last year; trade paperbacks dropped less than 1 %.
Hardcover sales rose 1.3 % to $ 5.06 billion.
«How I came to love the Price Fixers» — with their sweet talking about a bigger cut for all while the largest cut is in availability and attractiveness of the e-book and dreams of
hardcover sales rising from the dust.
Not exact matches
Incidentally,
hardcovers make great shelfies, and we think you should watch for a continued
rise in
hardcover book
sales alongside paperbacks and ebooks.
People still bought books in droves and the
sales of
hardcover / paperback
sales rose by 3.3 % in 2016.
Mass market paperback
sales have declined significantly over the years, with loss of non-bookshop
sales outlets, but
hardcover sales have
risen dramatically as the price differential has fallen.
Book publishers know better: While
hardcover sales declined slightly between 2008 and 2012 (from $ 5.2 billion to $ 5 billion), eBook
sales grew at an astonishing clip during that period,
rising from $ 64 million to $ 3 billion.
So it's clear that e-books are a fast growing market, but adult
hardcover books were also on the
rise in May and grew by 43.2 percent for a total of $ 138.5 million in
sales.