In the first six months of 2016 —
Audiobook sales continue to boom, with downloads increasing year - on - year by 24 % to # 6m
Audiobook sales continue to be on fire, far outpacing eBook sales, the next fastest growing format according to the American Association of Publishers as reported by The Digital Reader.
e-Book sales might be falling, but
audiobook sales continue to soar.
The boom in
audiobook sales continues with 2016 sales increasing 31 percent over 2015 figures, as reported by Good E-Reader.
Not exact matches
Sales of
audiobook downloads have
continued on an upward trajectory from last year, increasing by a remarkable 28.5 per cent in a year.
As a result of its inclusion in Audible's May «2 for 1
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The publisher failed to disclose how much of their revenue was digital, which leads me to believe that ebook
sales are
continuing to fall, but the overall digital decline is not as pronounced because of
audiobooks.
Anthony Anderson of Select Music surmises that in 2017 «
audiobooks will
continue to grow with the commensurate increased revenues from digital
sales.
The Audio Publishers Association released the results from their annual
sales survey, conducted by the independent research firm Management Practice in the spring of 2015, which revealed that the
audiobook industry is
continuing to expand in
sales as well as the number of titles being published in the format.
Audiobooks continue to outpace print and e-book
sales as the fastest growing format in publishing.
Audiobook sales have been growing on a quarterly basis for quite sometime and this trend has
continued into 2017.
Canadian book
sales declined 4 % in 2017 and this is primarily due to consumers
continuing to purchase
audiobooks and ebooks in greater numbers.
He went on to say «We
continue to sign new supplier agreements, and broke the 1 million mark for e-Books available for library
sale this year, along with an additional 50,000 digital
audiobook titles.
«
Audiobooks have been at a higher price point typically, but I don't know if that's going to
continue as the business expands further and further, but right now I feel that's where the most revenue is made in terms of book
sales versus an ebook.
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.»
You understand that Audible is under no obligation to sell the
Audiobook or, if Audible commences
sale of the
Audiobook, to
continue to sell the
Audiobook and that Audible makes no assurance to you that Audible will sell any minimum number of units of an
Audiobook.
Audiobook sales are another way that indie authors will
continue to grow their income as entrepreneurs in 2016.