Hardcover sales in the same period?
Hardcover sales in adult trade fiction and non-fiction combined increased to a total of $ 1.5 billion in 2013; ebooks in fiction - only sold almost as much as hardcover for both fiction and non-fiction for adults — despite the typically lower price point of ebooks compared to hardcover and paperback — a fact that speaks to the need to revamp the strategy by which publishers perceive digital - first and ebook - only.
Given the growing affordability of e-readers as well as current book - buying trends — e-book sales surpassed
hardcover sales in the U.S. for the first time in June, according to the Association of American Publishers — a bookless library makes a good deal of sense in the year 2013.
Not exact matches
In July, online bookseller Amazon.com announced that quarterly
sales of e-books for the company's popular Kindle e-reader had exceeded those of
hardcovers for the first time.
I am
in the US and am wondering — will there be a
hardcover over here for
sale through Amazon
in the US?
During this
sale, you'll receive $ 10 off all the books
in my store: my big
hardcover, Breastfeeding Answers Made Simple, the Kindle and Non-Kindle BAMS e-books, and the paperback BAMS Pocket Guide.
The decision by Cuomo's publisher, HarperCollins, isn't unexpected — the
hardcover edition of «All Things Possible: Setbacks and Success
in Politics and Life» suffered anemic
sales.
Hillary Clinton's new book debuted to higher
sales than any nonfiction
hardcover since 2012, selling over 300,000 copies (including digital
sales)
in its first week, though that's not quite as high as her first book.
The decision by Mr. Cuomo's publisher, HarperCollins, isn't unexpected — the
hardcover edition of «All Things Possible: Setbacks and Success
in Politics and Life» suffered anemic
sales.
After being unavailable for
sale through retailers for years, the
hardcover book is now back
in print!
You will not miss out on a potential
sale just because a reader would like a particular format, simply activate all three formats by clicking «Paperback,
Hardcover and eBook»
in the first step of the publishing process.
The value you use for total revenue would have to take account of the loses
in hardcover (and paperback)
sales as well.
Her sci - fi novel The Host wasn't a big jump from the teen fantasy she is known for, yet it still sold just 2 million copies
in hardcover (yes, an impressive figure, but the fourth Twilight novel, by comparison, sold 1.3 million copies on its first day of
sale!).
The
hardcover and board book formats also had
sales gains
in the year, but
sales of mass market paperbacks and physical audiobooks both had declines
in 2016.
As for
hardcover sales, Amazon said it sees continued growth
in that segment.
«
In addition, even while our
hardcover sales continue to grow, the Kindle format has now overtaken the
hardcover format.
While traditional publishers (actually, the top end publishers) are fighting over business and legal issues, like any big business, you adapt and work with what works — eBooks still represent a minority
in sales, but it is rapidly catching up to print, and by all accounts, has already passed
hardcover (which has been
in decline
in a slow death since the advent of paperbacks and trade paperbacks
in the 40s and 50s).
Five of the biggest publishers were so worried about the impact of ebooks on their
hardcover sales that they risked an antitrust lawsuit
in an effort to control the retail price of ebook bestsellers by linking their prices to the price of hardbacks.
Early
in the week we heard the Borders chain has finally shuffled off its mortal coil, and on Thursday, Publishers Lunch reported book
sales suffered another huge monthly drop — especially for adult
hardcover and mass market paperbacks.
2 min readAccording to a recent MediaBistro article, «net
sales revenue from eBooks have surpassed
hardcover books
in the first quarter of 2012.»
These
sales drops are occurring across the board:
in hardcovers, paperbacks, and e-books.
Since ants are a big part of this book, there should be good
sales potential
in elementary schools and libraries, many of which have ant farms, especially if you publish it
in a paperback edition as well as
hardcover.
Despite that, publishers have voiced concerns
in the past that Amazon's competitive e-book pricing could cannibalize their
hardcover sales.
It turns out that e-books are not cannibalizing
hardcover and trade paperback
sales, as publishers» once feared, though mass market paperbacks — which are often published much later than their hardback counterparts, and sold mostly
in more traditional retail environments like drugstores — have been negatively impacted.
Since book
sales for
hardcovers and paperbacks still outsell eBooks, it's important not to put all of your eggs
in one basket.
The figures, which were posted on GalleyCat on Friday, show that net
sales revenue from ebooks exceeded that of
hardcover books
in the first quarter of the year: a first.
In other words, Macmillan will delay the release date of electronic editions (Kindle editions in particular) so that they don't cannibalize the more profitable hardcover sale
In other words, Macmillan will delay the release date of electronic editions (Kindle editions
in particular) so that they don't cannibalize the more profitable hardcover sale
in particular) so that they don't cannibalize the more profitable
hardcover sales.
«
In addition, even while our
hardcover sales continue to grow, the Kindle format has now overtaken the
hardcover format,» he said.
Incidentally,
hardcovers make great shelfies, and we think you should watch for a continued rise
in hardcover book
sales alongside paperbacks and ebooks.
This puts authors
in a precarious position of their
hardcover edition reaping the majority of the royalties, but when it switches to paperback, they are seeing diminished
sales.
Even allowing for the effects of Border's, across all three formats — ebooks,
hardcover print, and paperback print — children's and YA books just seemed to have had a far better year for
sales in 2012.
People still bought books
in droves and the
sales of
hardcover / paperback
sales rose by 3.3 %
in 2016.
And any readers who don't buy the YA trend can't argue with these numbers:
In the first half of 2009, adult
hardcover sales were down 17.8 %; children's / young adult
hardcovers were up 30.7 %.
Their profit margins on
hardcovers are bigger than paperbacks and ebooks, ergo it's
in their interest to protect
hardcover sales.
Author Ilona Andrews, who has been a best seller
in paperback, released the 11th Kate Daniels novel
in hardcover, Magic Breaks,
in late July (Penguin / Ace; Recorded Books) and admits on her blog that she feared the shift would decrease
sales.
Secondly, and an important consideration for you as you work through the steps
in our free eBook, Marketing Your Book for Holiday
Sales, most of the gifted books will be
hardcovers.
According to Amazon, e-books are now outselling
hardcover books
in its Web store, and company CEO Jeff Bezos has predicted that
sales of digital...
Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, reported
in 2011 that
sales of its digital books had surpassed
hardcovers and paperbacks.
But publishers want more money than they are getting from the new world of declining
hardcover sales and they are pushing the Agency plan rather than being creative, making special editions and charging more for those,
in a win - win situation.
«How I came to love the Price Fixers» — with their sweet talking about a bigger cut for all while the largest cut is
in availability and attractiveness of the e-book and dreams of
hardcover sales rising from the dust.
For new releases
in hardcover the eBook is cheaper, but that is not the majority of
sales.
Published by Ballantine Books Also
in hardcover & ebook Another twelve - year - old is front and center
in this novel about a world where everything is for
sale.
The total
sales of this book
in the first five days was 4,739 e-books versus 4,000
hardcover versions.
In the first half of 2016 the
sale of paperbacks grew 8.8 %,
hardcover increased by 0.9 % and audiobooks
sales were up 32.3 %.
The fewer e-book stores that exist, the less
sales the format generates, which is resulting
in a resurgence of trade paperback and
hardcover sales at the expense of e-books.
The AAP is beefing up its monthly reports with data from many more publishers — 1,149 for January 2012 compared to under 100
in past months — and more detailed reporting on specific genres: Children's / young adult e-book
sales are now broken out and religious book
sales are divided by
hardcover, paperback and e-books.
Last July we announced that Kindle books had passed
hardcovers and predicted that Kindle would surpass paperbacks
in the second quarter of this year, so this milestone has come even sooner than we expected - and it's on top of continued growth
in paperback
sales.»
Hugh's figures (70 - 80 %) most likely relate to
hardcover, which has higher
sales in the bricks - and - mortar stores (Bookscan figures derive primarily from there) and less
sales in the mass merchandisers.
In the United States, hardcover sales alone were 300,000 copies for «The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo» — which was only released in the U.S. in September of 2008 — and the trilogy has sold nearly 17 million copie
In the United States,
hardcover sales alone were 300,000 copies for «The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo» — which was only released
in the U.S. in September of 2008 — and the trilogy has sold nearly 17 million copie
in the U.S.
in September of 2008 — and the trilogy has sold nearly 17 million copie
in September of 2008 — and the trilogy has sold nearly 17 million copies.
Mass - market paperback
sales have been sliding since giant bookstore chains and later Amazon.com started heavily discounting
hardcovers in the 1980s and 1990s.