Sentences with phrase «paper book sales»

Do they really believe that a plateau in ebook sales would mean an increase (or even stabilization) in paper book sales?

In fact, because of a number of factors, even with paper book sales declining, most traditional publishers are making more money every quarter.

And maybe reducing ebook sales through higher prices has no effect on paper book sales, but no one has ever thought to check the data.

So much more that they are basically making money even with dramatically reduced paper book sales.

Perhaps they think the primary aim of ebooks is «to not hurt paper book sales», rather than «to make things more convenient and cheaper for users».

When you read Mike Shatzkin's recent post about the rapidly increasing sales of ebooks (and the commensurate decline of paper book sales) you can see a fierce storm cloud forming.

Publishers, already facing falling paper book sales, have so far been reluctant to digitise their books for fear that e-books could kill physical sales.

Amazon paper books sales for 2015 were also up significantly while the largest book chains reported flat or down book sales.

The popularity of reading in general has soared, and, in the UK at least, ebook sales have fallen while paper book sales have gone up.

And if any doubts still arise about free online access spurring paper book sales, just ask J.K. Rowling how successful she thinks the print version of the Harry Potter Lexicon will be.

Ebook sales will surpass paper book sales.

According to the groups, Amazon is responsible for an overwhelming percentage of book sales, including 75 percent of online paper book sales, 65 percent of e-books, 40 percent of new books, and 85 percent of self - published titles.

Whatever the ratio of eBook sales to paper book sales works out to be, you have to sell a lot of books before you'll see black ink on your spreadsheet.

Still, BN's nook sales are strong and to ignore the digital movement in favor of just paper book sales seems foolish as well.

The following graph is based on January, February and March data from last year, I'll update it when the ranking system settles out again, but the situation hasn't changed much because paper book sales are steady if not declining.

I use PayPal for the payment system because they have a terrific international presence (I've sold eBooks in 87 countries to date) and because I had used them for years for direct paper book sales.

Decline in eBooks sales does not necessarily mean the increase in paper book sales.

Japanese publishers, already facing falling paper book sales, have so far been reluctant to digitise their books for fear that e-books could kill physical sales.

I disagree, and I think that the long - term trend is clear to anyone who follows the development of technology: despite the recent rebound of paper book sales, traditional books will all but disappear in 20 years, taking a niche position similar to vinyl records, celluloid film, waxed cotton jackets, and veteran cars.

Now, Yevgeni Kapyev, who runs Eksmo's non-fiction division, tells me that paper book sales are healthier than ever.

Advances are way, way down as the paper book sales collapse and the electronic book sales are not counted much at all by agents and writers except indie writers.

The nature of reading books is changing: the closure of traditional bookstores indicates that paper book sales are in decline.

They'd still buy paper books — However, paper book sales would be less than 25 % of total book sales.

They aren't sacrificed at the altar of paper book sales.

So that will take about 3,070 paper book sales to return your investment in money and time completely.

I am not sure how you could pin it down, but maybe if you looked at the rate of decline of paper book sales (Bookscan data?)

I think it's time for all of us to stop mourning the nongrowth of paper book sales, and celebrate the new digital age.

Believe it or not, paper book sales have made a modest comeback in the past year.

One person commented to me privately that Amazon had never been a dominant player in the paper book sales market so this shouldn't come as a surprise.

The publishers should be able to determine a minimum selling price so its paper book sales are not cannibalized by e-book sales, thus leaving them with excess inventory.