Not exact matches
Amazon's
e-book sales already exceed hardcover
sales and are on
track to eclipse paperbacks this year.
One of the segments that are capitalizing on this is indie authors, but these
e-books do not have ISBN numbers so it is very hard to
track sales data.
The accusation is based on «outdated accounting systems to
track the
sales of
e-books,» according to the firm.
Maybe Bookscan will soon start
tracking e-book sales as well.
Remember, the publishing industry is changing very rapidly right now and publishers are struggling to figure out how to adapt — I hope they are at least — and I think Ms. Rusch is right when she says that adopting a new accounting method that accurately
tracks e-book sales is not high on publishers» priority lists right now.
USA TODAY's Best - Selling Books list, which
tracks combined
sales of
e-book and print editions shows that based on
sales data from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, the
e-book editions were the most popular format in 42 of the top 50 titles sold.
If an
e-book does not have an ISBN number it does not exist and there is no way to
track sales.
The e-commerce giant had just over 83 percent of the U.S.
e-book market in early 2017, up from 74 percent in October 2015, according to AuthorEarnings, which
tracks book
sales for writers and other industry participants.
First,
e-book sales have been flat for the past 18 months to two years, according to Noah Genner, CEO of BookNet Canada, which
tracks about 85 per cent of Canada's book
sales.
«Vook makes it easy for authors to create great - looking
e-books, distribute them to the major marketplaces,
track their
sales, and have control over the entire process.
They mumble about how it is too hard to
track e-book sales.
But book
sales in all genres are down, while
e-book sales are still not
tracked.
On the other hand, it does require more time and effort (Google uses ePub, but also wants PDF files, and it's another process to go through to create an account and upload and
track sales, etc.), and I don't know if they'll grow overall
e-book sales (which would be great), or just fracture the market further.
He said, however, that the company does not
track e-book sales formally.
That means not only writing, but editing, proofreading, cover design, jacket blurb, author bio, print formatting,
e-book formatting, marketing, social media, maintaining a website and blog,
sales tracking, income taxes and expenses, etc..
And I do intend to
track e-book sales for a while, a lot of people are (I hope) going to take the info home and buy later.
I didn't realize that anyone was
tracking ISBN when it comes to
e-book sales.
The ISBN allows BookScan (a division of Nielson, the television rating company) to
track retail
sales of books that are purchased using the barcode on the back of your print book, or
e-books purchased on - line that have an ISBN assigned.
The reason self - published titles are not
tracked is that they are predominantly sold digitally, and no
e-book retailer that matters releases its
sales data to Nielsen (or another provider).
E-books were the fastest growing publishing activity
tracked by Simba with underlying
sales increasing 8 % in 2015, but the base of
sales is still quite small.
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