that the Big Five publishers»
eBook revenues continue to decline for the first half of 2016 — data for the second half will most likely come out in the May 2017 timeframe.
The Association of American Publishers show that the Big Five publishers»
eBook revenues continue to decline for the first half of 2016 — data for the second half will most likely come out in the May 2017 timeframe.
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She said that while she did not believe
ebooks would ever hold the complete market, they were proving much more popular in some genres than others and would
continue to generate
revenue, meaning publishers had to embrace them.
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.
As the study showed, digital book sales for about one - third of the
ebooks publishers now make up double digit
revenue, and the sales of
ebooks in many categories are
continuing to grow.
«Audiobooks have been at a higher price point typically, but I don't know if that's going to
continue as the business expands further and further, but right now I feel that's where the most
revenue is made in terms of book sales versus an
ebook.
Whether the retailer will immediately slash prices on
ebooks to drive sales of its new larger Kindle Fire tablet to be released in November, or whether it will
continue to keep the price of
ebooks at the higher publishers» price in order to make up for past lost
revenues will be determined later.
Stable physical retail environment: If Barnes & Noble collapses or shelf space
continues to decline, the percentage of
revenues from
ebooks could increase.
As reported by The Guardian, «HarperCollins»
revenues from physical books were down 6 % over the last 12 months, although digital sales are expanding robustly and now account for more than one fifth of sales... expects demand for
ebooks to
continue to grow before plateauing at roughly 50 % of all book sales.»
While
eBooks continued to decline overall compared to August 2016 -LRB--7.1 %), and are down year - to - date -LRB--5.3 %), Religious Presses saw an increase in
eBook revenue in August (+10 %) and also year - to - date (11.9 %.)
If print sales do not get a lift but
ebook sales
continue to rise, when will the
revenue problem manifest in that top line
revenue figure?