"Publisher revenue" refers to the money earned by the entity or company responsible for publishing books, magazines, newspapers, or online content. It is the income generated from selling copies of their publications or through advertising placed within the publications.
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E-books accounted for 22.55 %
of publisher revenue in 2012, a moderate increase from 16.98 % in 2011.
The Association of American Pubslishers StatShot program cites 29.7 - percent growth over 2016 in downloaded audiobook revenue, despite overall flat performance in
publisher revenue in 2017.
Ebooks generated 24.9 per cent of
publisher revenues between January and May, down from a peak of 26.5 per cent in the year earlier period.
Print books saw growth, and for the second consecutive year
publisher revenues from eBook sales declined and downloaded audio grew.
Google's aim is partly to convince people to turn off their own ad - blocking software, which costs
publishers revenue by preventing ads from displaying.
Print books saw growth, and for the second consecutive
year publisher revenues from eBook sales declined and downloaded audio... [Read more...]
In the first quarter of 2017, the
combined publisher revenue for downloads and in - app purchases in the App Store and Google Play grew to $ 10.5 billion — not including revenue from in - app advertising or commerce, such as Amazon purchases or Uber rides.
Over the course of the past two years
major publishers revenue has been in a state of decline, but indie author sales have been strong.
The
Digital Publishers Revenue Index (DPRI) monitors digital sales in the UK and in a recent report they mentioned that e-book sales have... [Read more...]
The Digital
Publishers Revenue Index (DPRI) monitors digital sales in the UK and in a recent report they mentioned that e-book sales have increased by over 62 % in the last four years.
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showing publisher revenues in all the major world territories to see who makes money and where they make their money.
They are the DOJ ruling on agency and its implications for
publisher revenue as well as the perceived value of books among consumers and Waterstones» partnership with Kindle — which extends to Waterstones» online store in 2013 — which further narrowed the field for a serious competitor to Amazon's dominance.
Now, Google says it will give
news publishers revenue - sharing deals similar to those it grants YouTube personalities and third - party ad hosts — helping them connect with likely subscribers, then taking a percentage of their earnings in return.
«MGID continuously
optimizes publisher revenue by analyzing engagement patterns and matching content to audience response in real time,» Michael said.
He formed his own company, called MGID, around the idea that native advertising could give
online publishers a revenue boost by enticing users in a more seamless navigation experience.
I hope that before long we'll see more businesses enabling the quick, easy sale of licences that increase access to book content, and
earn publishers revenue beyond the narrow confines of the mainstream ebook marketplace.
What Jones and Solomon didn't grasp is that this isn't
about publisher revenue, it's about how much of that revenue trickles down to the authors.
StatShot
tracks publisher revenue on a monthly basis for about 1,200 publishers of trade (fiction / non - fiction / religious), PreK - 12 instructional materials, higher education course materials, university presses and professional books.
It is very likely that this single Cursed Child title will be
putting publishers revenue in the green, both for print and e-books.
The 30 % / 70 % Apple -
publisher revenue split matches the one Amazon is offering with its new Kindle pricing option (which was likely offered in part to counter Apple's offer).
But expect that if e-books come to be treated as main sources of
publisher revenue rather than as loss leaders, or as sub-rights-books subsidized by the print versions: Expect e-book prices to rise.
It's the point at which A-list authors decide that 25 % of the trad -
publisher revenue just isn't as good as 100 % of indie revenue.
Of course, Google's service is browser - based and not necessarily tied into a hardware device, which probably had an effect on the share of
publisher revenue Google decided to claim.
As Scribd pays its publishers according to number of pages read, it seemed reasonable that they have decided to keep the service sustainable: neither
decreasing publisher revenues, nor increasing subscription prices.
Print books did better than expected, but still declined slightly, from about $ 5,338 M to about $ 5,289 M. Buoyed by the growth in e-books, overall
publisher revenues increased 6.2 %, from about $ 6,431 M to $ 6,829 M.
Not too long ago, for example, on March 3, 2015 TechCrunch ran this story: «
Publisher Revenues Down As Ebook Buying Slows,» And in October Goodereader «eBook sales plummet 10 % in first six months of 2015.»
The shift in unit sales is reflected in the moves in publisher gross $ revenue, with indie self - publishers taking 24 % of the gross
$ publisher revenue of the Amazon ebook store while Amazon imprints and their authors take 13 % and trad publishers accounting for no more than 50 % of publisher ebook dollar revenue.
In terms of market share, e-books generated 24.9 % of
publisher revenues between January and May, down from a peak of 26.5 % in the year earlier period, according to the AAP, showing how print books have finally started to push back against e-books» meteoric rise.
In the first quarter of 2017, the
combined publisher revenue for downloads and in - app purchases in the App Store and Google Play grew to $ 10.5 billion — not including revenue from in - app advertising or commerce, such as Amazon purchases or Uber rides.
Header bidding is great for
publisher revenue, but nasty to a DSP's tech infrastructure.
«Kindle owners will read even more,
publisher revenues will grow, and authors will see larger royalty checks.»
«With this launch, we expect three immediate results: Kindle owners will read even more,
publisher revenues will grow, and authors will see larger royalty checks,» Russ Grandinetti, vice president of Kindle content, said in a statement.
For the first time in years,
publisher revenue for all print formats saw growth: hardback books grew 2.2 %, children's board books grew 7.7 % and paperback / mass market grew 4.1 % compared to 2015 revenues.
Overall
publisher revenue for 2015... [Read more...]
Publisher revenue for this format jumped from $ 77.6 million in 2016 to over $ 100.6 million in 2017.
Over the course of 2016 overall
publisher revenue was $ 14.3 billion, down 6.6 % from 2015.