In the first three months of 2017
digital audio sales increased by over 28 % and it generated over $ 74 million dollars.
Or do you ask them to take a percentage of whatever you make
on audio sales?
Today 10 % — 15 % of their turnover is
from audio sales, most of it in digital format.
Since the publishing industry is generating so much revenue from digital
audio sales many companies that specialize in statistics are beginning to pay attention.
Audible accounts for the vast majority of
global audio sales and most of them are sold directly within their apps.
The numbers reflect this, because every major publisher has reported increasing
audio sales since 2012.
The global audiobook industry is currently evaluated at $ 3.5 billion dollars and the United States is currently the largest singular market with $ 1.8 billion dollars
in audio sales in 2016 and this was a 31 % increase from 2015.
And according to Nicholas Jones of London producer Strathmore Publishing,
downloaded audio sales in the UK were up 29 percent in 2015 over 2014.
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audio sales grow; ebook sales decline →
Let me add that total May
audio sales of HUNTER have surpassed 3,000 copies.]
Sites that launch into loud music or worse, a «webinar» or
audio sales pitch as soon as somebody lands on the site should come with a warning label.
When I
compare audio sales versus Kindle sales, I'm sure this was at least a three thousand dollar mistake.
But even assuming that's true, the fact that text - to - speech might cut
into audio sales is not an argument that convinces me copyright infringement has taken place.
Amazon - owned publishing imprints, such as Audible Studios and Brilliance Audio account for a fifth of all
US audio sales.
Not only is the Audible 30 - Day Free Trial link a great way to invite fans to the joys of listening to your work, it introduces them to medium of audiobooks — great news for your
future audio sales.
As it turns out, I had a lot of foreign sales, and really
good audio sales, so I did actually make more money traditional, but had that subsidiary money not come in.
Howey and Guy mean by «definitive» is, as Vanessa Amorosi's song has it, «absolutely everybody» is in their sights now: they've moved beyond their earlier surveys» focus on bestsellers to create a wider data set, which they describe as «a complete picture of Amazon author earnings — ebook, print, and
audio sales combined — for every single author, traditionally published or indie, who is making any significant Amazon sales today whatsoever.»
We have nearly 1,000 respondents in our earnings survey, and Michael J. Sullivan has added a format percentage survey in an attempt to get a better understanding of e-book, print, and
audio sales rates in today's ever - changing market.
Overall, it appears that though Apple has played an undeniably big part in the rise of
wireless audio sales there are factors at play other than our need for the latest iPhone.
Simon & Schuster reported lower e-book sales but those losses were off - set by increased
digital audio sales.
New (but not surprising) AAP findings this week: paperback, hardcover, and
audio sales grow; ebook sales decline
The reason for lack of clarity is that Amazon owned Audible have never released any of its sales data and as the company now accounts for such a large proportion of the market it's hard to assess accurately how much their contribution has changed the overall growth
in audio sales.
5) Related to the above, why not include print and
audio sales as well?
Quite a bit of that is
audio sales and working with other vendors.
There are an additional 26 million books from combined online print, ebooks and
audio sales.
During that time we're getting foreign sales,
audio sales, large print... things that most indie authors normally wouldn't get on their own... so we're doing something with these rights.
Using some admittedly anecdotal numbers, the average indie title's
audio sales should be roughly 10 % of ebook sales.
The audio sales weren't the surprise; I thought I was selling more ebooks than I actually was.
But when I went back and counted the numbers for just The Spaceship Next Door, I discovered something interesting:
my audio sales, by unit, were nearly equal to my ebook sales.
Die Informationen liegen in englischer Sprache vor Trends in 2015/2016 included significant growth in downloaded
audio sales and in adult books.
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the audio sales page on Selz so you can see what it looks like.
Audiobook sales have been growing over the past four years and major publishers have all disclosed that
audio sales are making up for the massive decline for their e-book units.
Every quarter publishers report that e-book sales are down, but
audio sales are up.
Why are seeing a dramatic upswing in
audio sales this year, compared to last?
ales [of audiobooks] in the U.S. and Canada jumped 21 % in 2015 from the previous year» and that «the surge is continuing in 2016... downloaded
audio sales were up 37 % in January and February compared with the same period in 2015.»
A recent article from The Wall Street Journal reports that «sales [of audiobooks] in the U.S. and Canada jumped 21 % in 2015 from the previous year» and that «the surge is continuing in 2016... downloaded
audio sales were up 37 % in January and February compared with the same period in 2015.»