In 2011,
paperback fiction sales were # 162.6 m; by 2012, they were # 119.8 m.
Not exact matches
A novel that was a finalist for this year's Pulitzer Prize in
fiction leads the list of new
paperbacks on
sale today:
Hardcover
sales in adult trade
fiction and non-
fiction combined increased to a total of $ 1.5 billion in 2013; ebooks in
fiction - only sold almost as much as hardcover for both
fiction and non-
fiction for adults — despite the typically lower price point of ebooks compared to hardcover and
paperback — a fact that speaks to the need to revamp the strategy by which publishers perceive digital - first and ebook - only.
one of the first science
fiction paperbacks I ever bought, at a library
sale on Rockcliffe Airbase in 1978.
I chose to self pub my non
fiction title in both Kindle ebook and
paperback, and have been surprised to find only 20 % of my
sales are ebook.
Ebooks are now THE dominant
sales format for adult
fiction; bigger than hardcover, bigger than
paperback.
As has already been pointed out to you, trade
paperback fiction (the larger
paperbacks,)
sales are up.
People have said that mass - market
paperback sales are the most susceptible to being replaced by e-book
sales, since they are generally
fiction novels that people read once and then discard or donate — as opposed to hardcovers that people like to display on their bookshelves.
«The
paperback fiction market this year is down seven percent in trade value — I put this almost entirely down to ebook
sales... the mass - market
paperback is the thing we're going to cannibalise most.»
This is not too surprising, since the growth of e-books is most likely to impact
sales of mass - market
paperbacks, as MMPs are the least expensive print offering, their release is delayed after hardcovers (as some publishers do with e-books), and most closely filled the role that e-books are starting to fill for people: day - to - day
fiction reading, as opposed to hardcover cookbooks, graphic books, or bookshelf display items.
Sales of hardback and paperback novels are falling faster than sales of fiction e-books are rising,» Nielsen said.&r
Sales of hardback and
paperback novels are falling faster than
sales of fiction e-books are rising,» Nielsen said.&r
sales of
fiction e-books are rising,» Nielsen said.»
However, because the average selling price of an e-book is less than # 3, compared to # 5.50 for a
paperback, the value of e-book
sales in 2014 will be only 32 % of the
fiction total.