Sentences with phrase «of print book sales»

As of 2012, online retailers, not brick - and - mortar stores, were responsible for nearly half of print book sales, a percentage that is steadily growing.

Ahead of the seminar, Meynink said: & ldquo; There has been over-performance in the growth in e-book sales in the romance and science fiction categories, when compared to the market share of print book sales, and this correlates with a fall in print book sales in those sectors.

The result was a kind of Tropical Agency Model which prevents e-book prices from being deeply discounted as well and now, with the launch of print book sales, the consequence is both curious and a little surreal, with Amazon offering cheaper print books than ebooks for the same title in many instances.

The Voldemort of the book business not only controls an estimated 60 percent of e-book sales and a significant chunk of print book sales, it has now become a publisher, establishing imprints for everything from romance novels to children's picture books and putting out more than 100 books of its own in 2011.

Amazon commands almost a third of print book sales, so listing your book there comes with its own advantages and even credibility.

2011 was not a great year for print book sales, with all 5 categories of print book sales down from the year before, with mass - market paperbacks predictably getting hammered the hardest, as they are the most likely to be replaced by e-book sales.

While it's true that the percentage increases for e-books have been very impressive, they had started from such a small fraction of print book sales that they still paled in comparison.

But e-books are still a relatively small percentage of print book sales, and bookstores are in dire financial straits as it is.

Also, it's worth mentioning that even if a retailer was willing to work directly with an indie author, the cost of shelf space is prohibitive, and in order to make a retailer believe in you, you need to prove a certain track record of print book sales.

A few authors do sell a nice amount of print books — Toby Neal and Todd Borg come to mind — but the majority report only a handful of print book sales per month.

Explaining the variety of print book sales types, Fruhlinger suggested that parents buy print books with colorful pictures to show when they read to children.

Given the ongoing decline of print book sales it might make a lot of sense for B&N to reduce their superstore title count inventory and make even more room for that Microsoft section I described above.

For example, the e-book market share of the science fiction and fantasy sector globally for the 10 weeks since June was 10 %, more than treble the genre & rsquo; s market share of print book sales.

Amazon alone, now controls 71 % of the ebook market, and accounts for 37 % of all print book sales in the U.S. and has no serious rivals as of this posting.

In 2017, 60 % of all print book sales were for backlist books, which is up by 2 % over 2016.

For example, the e-book market share of the science fiction and fantasy sector globally for the 10 weeks since June was 10 %, more than treble the genre's market share of print book sales.

Ahead of the seminar, Meynink said: «There has been over-performance in the growth in e-book sales in the romance and science fiction categories, when compared to the market share of print book sales, and this correlates with a fall in print book sales in those sectors.»