The Association of American Publishers have just released their new SnapShot report and they found that
digital audiobook sales increased 37.7 % from January to September 2015.
Digital audiobook sales, which rose by nearly 40 %, helped carry the adult books segment out of the red.
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).
When it comes to
audiobook sales in the
digital format they are often 10 % of the eBook industry, in terms of overall value.
They lump
audiobooks and ebooks into a single
digital category and the only the only they say is the decline in ebook
sales were not as pronounce because
audiobook sales have dramatically increased.
Once per month the newspaper will combine physical and
digital audio and primarily focus on the top 15 fiction and top 15 nonfiction
audiobook lists and it will be based on
sales from the previous month.
When it comes to
audiobook sales, 60 % of them stem from the
digital editions.
The first % is
digital sales (ebooks and
audiobooks); the second is % indie titles.
The first % is the
digital sales (ebooks and
audiobooks); the second % is indie titles.
«While
sales of
audiobooks on CD have been negligible in our stores for a while, we know
sales of
digital audiobooks have soared.
The e-books and
digital audiobooks are available for
sale internationally.
With the IndieCommerce integration, the
digital audiobook appears on the IndieCommerce product page for titles available in that format; Libro.fm supplies the shopping cart and fulfillment via a store co-branded white label site, and the company is working to ensure that
sales tax is being collected in all relevant states.
The fastest growing segment in
digital publishing are
audiobooks, they experienced a 26 % increase in
sales, but the amount of money they are making is fairly paltry.
Some companies have produced impressive ebook apps, and
sales of
audiobooks have dramatically increased since they became available as
digital downloads.
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.
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.
HarperCollins has just reported that they have seen a 7 % increase in
digital sales and specifically cite
audiobooks as a key growth driver.
Audible is the largest
audiobook company in the world and the company is responsible for the vast majority of
digital sales.
In 2017
audiobook sales rose by 12 % in volume and 15 % in value and
digital audio now accounts for 5 % of consumer book spending.
Pennsylvania has just implemented a six percent
sales tax that will apply to
digital downloads, such as
audiobooks and e-books.
The global
audiobook industry is currently worth 2.6 billion dollars and part of the reason why we have seen a dramatic increase in profitability is due to
digital In the first eight months of 2014,
sales were up 28 % over the same period last year, far outstripping the growth of e-books, which rose 6 %.
Once per month the newspaper will combine physical and
digital audio and primarily focus on the top 15 fiction and top 15 nonfiction
audiobook lists and it will be based on
sales from... [Read more...]
The
digital audiobook and ebook industry desperately needs new
sales channels to fuel growth.
Andreas Mundt, President of the Bundeskartellamt: «The exclusivity agreement affected the
sales opportunities of
audiobook publishers since apart from Audible there were few alternative purchasers available, especially in the area of
digital audiobooks.
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.
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.
Strong
digital audiobook and backlist
sales have countered softer e-book and frontlist
sales in this year's first financial quarter.
Michael Kozlowski of Good e-Reader and Jeremy Greenfield of
Digital Book World discuss the recent IDPF and Book Expo America conference, the ongoing battle between Amazon and Hachette, Barnes and Noble suspending
audiobook sales and the store within a store concept for bookselling.
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.
Sales of ebooks and
digital audiobooks (only) dropped 25 percent to $ 27.4 million.
Audible, which only sells
digital audiobooks, has not released
sales figures since it was purchased by Amazon in 2008, but Katz claims its membership base and
sales are growing at over 40 percent a year, and the average member listens to 17
audiobooks annually.
Prior to 2013,
digital downloads accounted for a large portion of industry unit
sales but revenue from
digital formats still lagged CD
sales due to the perceived cost savings of downloadable
audiobooks.
When you include the 70 million
audiobooks Amazon.com sells annually (split 60/40 between
digital downloads and CD format), you get roughly a billion books of all formats that are being sold by Amazon.com each year — a number that is very much in line with the reported 41 % share Amazon holds of all new - book
sales of all formats in the U.S. and their 64 % share of all online print book
sales.
The Pottermore e-bookstore is open earlier than expected, with all the Harry Potter e-books and
digital audiobooks available (DRM - free) for
sale for the first time today.