Cobb will tell the assembly on Friday that the APA estimates that in 2015,
audiobook sales totaled more than $ 1.77 billion (# 1.42 billion) in the States — and that's up 20.7 percent over the association's 2014 figure.
Not exact matches
According to the British PA, consumer ebook
sales rose 134 per cent in 2012, reaching # 216million, with
total digital
sales up 66 per cent to # 411million (encompassing ebooks,
audiobooks downloads and online subscriptions).
Audiobook and ebook
sales now account for 22 % of
total revenue for the quarter and generated $ 82 million dollars.
Based on information from responding publishers, the APA estimates that
audiobook sales in 2014
totaled more than $ 1.47 billion, up 13.5 % over 2013.
Audiobook and e-book
sales now account for 17 % of
total trade purchases, down from 19 % in 2015.
Audiobook and e-Book
sales now account for 23 % of their
total revenue stream.
A fifth of the market is made up of CD
sales, meaning digital
audiobooks make up the majority of the market, and unabridged stories account for 96 % of the
total.
Total consumer digital
sales (including consumer ebooks, downloads and
audiobooks) showed the most rapid... [Read more...]
Total consumer digital
sales (including consumer ebooks, downloads and
audiobooks) showed the most rapid growth, having increased by 318 % since 2009 from # 4m to # 16m.
Still, even though
audiobooks make up a small portion of
total book
sales, it's clear that interest in the format is healthy and growing.
Looking at the overall numbers,
total print book, e-book, and
audiobook sales in January were $ 805.7 M (down 1.9 % from last January's $ 821.5 M).
Now you can make sure that the
sales ranks you check will be all for trade paperbacks, or all for Kindle Books, or even all for
audiobooks — with a
total of 17 possible choices in the U.S. and 11 elsewhere.
Perhaps most impressively, e-books
totaled 26.7 % of all book
sales (print, e-book, and
audiobooks) for the month.