April sales in the children's / young adult category fell 12.6 % with ebook sales plunging 51.6 % in the month and
hardcover sales off 12.1 %.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
Over the course of the holiday season eBook
sales have tapered
off and there is a renewed vigor to purchase
hardcovers and paperbacks.
In an attempt to spur mainstream adoption of its e-reader, the Kindle, (and to fend
off the growing number of competitors in the e-reader, digital book, and tablet market) Amazon reduced the e-reader price by more than half and established a policy of capping
off e-book prices at $ 9.99, which publishers criticized, arguing that the low prices of e-books would cannibalize
sales of higher priced
hardcover books.
Hardcover sales are great for your big fans, since they are a great product (if you have the space) that lasts a long time (although I don't know if this is a good example, since I don't know how much extra you make off hardcover sales), donations, book signing tours, speaking events... I'm sure there are many other ways to maximise both revenue and fan goodwill, with the benefit that all of these add - ons are all piracy
Hardcover sales are great for your big fans, since they are a great product (if you have the space) that lasts a long time (although I don't know if this is a good example, since I don't know how much extra you make
off hardcover sales), donations, book signing tours, speaking events... I'm sure there are many other ways to maximise both revenue and fan goodwill, with the benefit that all of these add - ons are all piracy
hardcover sales), donations, book signing tours, speaking events... I'm sure there are many other ways to maximise both revenue and fan goodwill, with the benefit that all of these add - ons are all piracy - proof!
While e-book
sales have been leveling
off as they absorbed the replacement audience for mass market paperbacks — because e-book prices are cheap in mass market territory — the sector of e-books that have been selling the best are the first - run new bestsellers — the ones with the highest e-book prices initially (although those prices come down over time, just like a paperback edition and the e-book prices are lower than
hardcover and trade paper usually.)
Fresh
off impressive all - time high
sales of $ 90.3 M in February (which made them the highest - grossing format, ahead of
hardcovers and trade paperbacks), e-book
sales settled down to a more reasonably robust $ 69.0 M for March of 2011.