Nook sales in particular took a hit in B&N's fiscal Q4, with revenue in the Nook business falling by 11 percent — though the company says that Nook
content sales rose by 65 percent.
Not exact matches
In its most recent quarter, Barnes & Noble reported comparable
sales in its core business
rose 1 %, while its Nook e-reader and digital
content sales fell 22.4 %.
Outstanding analysis of how to make
content more productive (generate more
sales) by aligning it with the needs of the buyer in this digital information age when buyers are gaining more power over sellers (the
rise of the buying cycle and the decline of the selling cycle).
«Due to the fundamental changes facing the business today, including increased domestic competition and
rising content costs, we believe other shareholders would be willing to partner with Icahn in his efforts to force a
sale,» DiClemente wrote in a note to clients.
«Chrysler Group earnings
rise 68 percent on strong
sales» is part of the paid WardsAuto Premium
content.
The
rise in children's digital
sales, while perhaps unsurprising given 71 percent of households now own a tablet, is testament to the innovation taking place in children's publishing and the engaging
content being produced,» said Richard Mollet, Chief Executive of the UK Publishers Association in a release.
And as Russ Grandinetti, Amazon's VP of Kindle
Content, told us this afternoon, Amazon has seen Kindle
sales continue to
rise as it has gradually made the cost of the device less expensive.
A self - published writer needs to think about adding quality
content in order to create a steadily
rising trend line of
sales.
Even better: The combination of decreasing hardware prices over time and a
rise in
content sales — think apps, movies, books, music — will help the product line even more, according to Markkanen:
Although I'll have to check figures, I suspect e-book
content sales are on the
rise.
Meanwhile, during that period,
sales of Nook devices and digital
content rose 43 % from a year earlier.
That actually makes some sense, because when you take tablets out of the equation,
sales of Nook
content have actually been on the
rise.
However, Viacom is quick to point out that despite the decrease in retail
sales, they've sold over 50 million songs and expect the steady
rise of downloadable
content to be a huge part of the long - term strategy.
«With the evolution of smart TVs, the popularity of cord - cutting as well as streaming services to enhance consumer's need for
content continues to
rise,» said Brett Hunt, vice president of
sales and marketing, Westinghouse Electronics.