While the APA doesn't break out these figures by genre, it does see adult titles accounting for 90.4 percent of
overall audiobook sales.
Not exact matches
When it comes to
audiobook sales in the digital format they are often 10 % of the eBook industry, in terms of
overall value.
The Association of American Publishers has just released their annual report that takes a look at the
overall health of the industry and how well
audiobooks, e-books, hardcover and paper
sales are doing.
And
overall, about 70 % of US fiction
sales are online as either
audiobooks or ebooks.
The publisher failed to disclose how much of their revenue was digital, which leads me to believe that ebook
sales are continuing to fall, but the
overall digital decline is not as pronounced because of
audiobooks.
The Association of American Publishers have just released
sales data for July 2016 and we now have some key indicators on the
overall health of the
audiobook and e-book industry.
Audiobooks expand your reach to a new audience which increases your
overall sales potential.
Looking at the
overall numbers, total print book, e-book, and
audiobook sales in January were $ 805.7 M (down 1.9 % from last January's $ 821.5 M).