"Ebook sales" refers to the number of electronic books that are being bought or sold online.
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Since 2013, the publishing industry has seen a marked drop in the growth
of ebook sales in general.
The growth in
ebook sales in genres such as crime and romance has not made up for the shortfall.
Fiction sales made up 86 % of the revenue
from ebook sales in 2015 (compared with only 32 % in physical books).
I am just going to add to the data, and let you know how much income I am getting from print and other
ebook sales as well.
With ebooks sales increasing by 250 % annually, by this time next year, publishers could expect to see digital sales reaching nearly 50 % of their total revenue.
The most recent report compares what authors need to know
about ebook sales in the traditional industry, to those sales among self - published authors.
Within the fiction genre, it was no surprise that the highest percentage of
ebook sales fell under the literary / classics category.
No one would bet a dime on the printed book as it reaches its peak
while ebook sales keep exceeding expectations.
Overall in 2011, the company experienced 134 % growth over
total ebook sales in 2010.
Total
eBook sales rose 30 % in the quarter and accounted for 22 % of revenue in the most recent period compared to 15 % in the first quarter of fiscal 2013.
If
ebook sales accounted for 1/4 to 1/3 of your copies sold, I think you might find it harder to swallow that 75 cents per copy.
While self - published
ebook sales continue to grow, readers are still demanding that authors and publishers offer paper books, too.
And maybe reducing
ebook sales through higher prices has no effect on paper book sales, but no one has ever thought to check the data.
The truth of the matter is, it's incredibly difficult to
track eBook sales numbers and that's dangerous for authors and publishers alike.
Even though many people will always prefer paper books,
more ebook sales (especially) and more online book sales is a real problem for the bottom lines of bookstores.
As
ebook sales grow in market share, that pricing expectation kills publisher's margins.
Because we have no way of knowing
if ebook sales have any impact on paper sales at all.
It should be clear to anyone following traditional publishing now that no traditional publisher will fail in 2012
when ebook sales hit the magic 25 %.
We usually
see ebook sales at about the 5 % — 10 % level of paperback sales.
It will be very interesting to see
how ebook sales fare over the next three months.
It's good news for readers, but probably won't much move the needle in terms of
overall ebook sales.
I bet there are some people looking at
ebook sales figures and thinking that these bestselling indie authors owe their success to a lucky roll of the dice.
Self - published authors are clearly earning as much as traditionally published authors on the biggest
ebook sales platform in the world.
Although total self -
published ebook sales did go up, it's possible that's less because self - published books are gaining popularity, or whether they're just becoming more numerous.
As ebooks have a smaller profit margin, that translated into smaller sales but more volume with a 134 % increase in
ebook sales over 2010.
Traditionally published children's ebooks fell 22 % in 2017, while young
adult ebook sales fell 8 %.
Industry data is generally collected from publishing houses, so if you look at just their sales data,
ebook sales do seem to be down.
The comments came after figures
showed eBooks sales fell for the first time since 2014 last year.
Many
eBook sales come from impulse buys fueled by the low price point of most eBooks.
We know that's not the case for most publishers, but hopefully this is another reminder of why they should make a direct
ebook sales channel a priority.
Though not all of the publishers have provided specific data
regarding ebook sales, most have confirmed this business represents less than 5 % of their overall sales for illustrated books.
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