To compile the Survey, we crunch millions of dollars worth of actual retail and
library sales data, aggregated across the Smashwords distribution network, and then we ask questions of the data.
Not exact matches
Earlier this year, digital content distributor OverDrive partnered with publisher Sourcebooks in an experiment aimed at establishing concrete
data on how readers respond in terms of book borrows and book
sales to digital titles they check out from their
libraries.
The major concern in these discussions has always seemed to be the ease with which ebooks can be pirated, but
libraries have been able to show the thought - provoking
data on how circulations can actually increase
sales.
To make real progress on this issue, you need hard
data that shows ebook
sales are helped, not harmed, by
library ebook lending to mobile ebook reading devices.
By offering publishers the opportunity to view circ
data at the zip - code level and compare with consumer
sales data in the same area, the system will give these businesses a better sense of how to work with
libraries, Freese said.
12 % were unsure, and 4.7 % thought
libraries would harm their overall
sales (the
data doesn't add up to 100 % due to a few non-responsive answers).
Created layout plans for stores, maintained complete
library of appropriate
data, forecast
sales and profits using computer programs, planned budgets, optimized
sales volume and designated product areas profitability, controlled stock levels according to the forecasts for the season.