Sentences with phrase «decline of print book sales»

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The Bridge by Karen Kingsbury (S&S / Howard Books; S&S Audio; Thorndike Large Print) is a Christmas story about a Tennessee bookstore named The Bridge that struggles to survive declining book sales and the rise of e-books.

Sales of old - fashioned print books are up for the third year in a row, according to the Association of American Publishers, while ebook sales have been decliSales of old - fashioned print books are up for the third year in a row, according to the Association of American Publishers, while ebook sales have been declisales have been declining.

The Association of American Publishers released its US book sales figures for February 2011 and it looks like 2011 will be the year the trade book business has to finally confront serious declines in its core print business.

One of the reasons why the sales of print books have declined is because of the rise in the production and sales of e-books and e-readers.

What is even more interesting is that the greater proliferation of ebooks has not led to a decline in sales of printed books.

They are cheering the fact that print is holding up when overall book sales are either flat or declining (in part because of high prices) even as other forms of digital content are growing.

Yesterday the The New York Times had a fascinating piece about how ebook sales, contra Aggregation Theory, are actually declining even as publishers and book stores are thriving on the back of print: 1

In the intervening years, sales of print books declined as the popularity of ebooks took off.

The sales of print books averaged a decline of almost 23 %.

A 169 per cent surge in e-book revenues since the start of the year contrasted with a 24.8 per cent decline in print book sales to $ 442m over the two - month period.

In the U.S., the quick growth of e-book sales has been something of a lifeline for publishers facing a declining print book business.

Nielsen Book reported at TOC Frankfurt that print book sales are declining in key global markets, but consumers are increasingly enticed by the value of e-boBook reported at TOC Frankfurt that print book sales are declining in key global markets, but consumers are increasingly enticed by the value of e-bobook sales are declining in key global markets, but consumers are increasingly enticed by the value of e-books.

Part of the reason for declines in print book sales was the rise of e-books and e-readers, but this sector is now falling.

Meanwhile, print book sales so far in 2017 show that the industry is not suffering that same rate of decline — so B&N is losing share to its competitors.

One senior executive with a mainstream house foolishly tried to justify higher ebook prices as their way of recovering declining profits from dwindling printed book sales.

If ebook sales continue to increase as a percentage of overall book sales, and if print continues to decline as a format, and especially if brick - and - mortar bookstore closers continue or accelerate, it'll become increasingly difficult for publishers to hold on to their best authors.

Some brick - and - mortar retailers are doing well, sales of printed books have stopped declining, and newspapers like the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal have made successful transitions to online content.