eBook revenue alone in 2011 has gained 332.6 % increase comparing to 2010 whereas the paperback only enjoys a tiny 2.3 % increase.
Not exact matches
Moreover, Olson and Anand point out that the pricing of
ebooks, as a stand -
alone business, can provide for a wide variety of dynamic pricing based on time - based or other economic incentives that could actually far surpass the
revenue available via the current book distribution model (something akin to a consignment shop).
crunched the numbers on
ebook pricing in June of 2009 in this article and determined that
ebooks could, as a stand -
alone business, be priced far below Amazon's current $ 9.99 pricing (they mentioned the amount $ 4) and still provide the same
revenue per / book to author and publisher and retailer as they have on paper books.
In the U.S.
alone,
ebooks sales account for about 25 % of titles being sold, and that translates into nearly 20 % of
revenue for the industry.
And according to AAP,
revenue for
ebook sales grew 41 percent in 2012
alone, with
ebooks accounting for 23 percent of industry sales today.