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.»
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.
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.
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.
Not exact matches
I am sure you are fully aware that with the closure
of Borders (50 %
of print comic
books sales share suddenly gone!)
The
print - on - demand company you use to self - publish your
book will want its
share of the
sales revenue in order to cover
printing costs and turn a profit.
Even including the children's / young adult categories,
printed books totaled $ 215.2 M for the month, giving e-
books a staggering 29.56 %
share of total trade
book sales.
With
print remaining unaffected, Mofibo has transformed the
share of digital
book sales in Denmark from 3 % to 18 % in just two years.
Industry estimates put Barnes & Noble's market
share of print -
book sales at 15 % to 18 %.
They also say you need to study carefully the details
of each company's contracts; some charge very high markups for
printing hardcover and paperback
books, offer a lower
share of the
sales or make it difficult and expensive to leave a self - publishing company if you become dissatisfied.
In this case, the author retains a greater royalty
share due to the above — typically 70 %
of the profit from the most common
sales channels depending on the list price
of the
book and whether it is an ebook or
print.
Amazon has recently begun
sharing information on
book sales by US region, and for the third year in a row has created its «best dressed» list
of cities who purchase the most
books, magazines, and newspapers in
print and digital editions.
The only stat Amazon has
shared recently: During its Q3 earnings call, CFO Thomas J. Szkutak said, «Kindle titles already account for more than 10 %
of unit
sales for
books that are available in both digital and
print formats.»
Because
of major publishers controlling ebook pricing
of many
of their titles (to protect retailers»
print book sales, presumably), indie authors seem to be gaining market
share.
That 30 % is Amazon's
share of all consumer
book sales,
print and ebook combined, in the US, measured in dollars (not in number
of books).
Meanwhile,
print book sales so far in 2017 show that the industry is not suffering that same rate
of decline — so B&N is losing
share to its competitors.
It's generally accepted that Amazon owns an ebook market
share of about two - thirds as well as a market
share of about 85 %
of online
print book sales, so here's where Shatzkin's data points lead for fiction
book sales:
Digital
book world it was announced that 45 %
of all
book sales are happening digitally including
print sold online, and that Amazon has taken a massive
share of that
print.
However, bookshops actually gained
share in the
print market, and remain ahead
of online
sales for children's
books, impulse buys and the gift market.
He's been given the mandate to revive a brand that has struggled to claim its
share of online
sales, notably from Amazon (amzn), and that has not capitalized on the stabilization
of print book sales in the U.S. following the abatement
of the e-
book boom.
While the data showed bookshops had lost
share of book purchases in 2013 overall, they did gain
share in the
print market — staying ahead
of internet retailers for physical
book sales.
When you include the 70 million audiobooks Amazon.com sells annually (split 60/40 between digital downloads and CD format), you get roughly a billion
books of all formats that are being sold by Amazon.com each year — a number that is very much in line with the reported 41 %
share Amazon holds
of all new -
book sales of all formats in the U.S. and their 64 %
share of all online
print book sales.
Given that those
sales - by - format estimates fail to include a full 30 %
of all ebook
sales that lie hidden in the «shadow industry», the real market
share commanded by the ebook format is far higher than what industry sources are reporting, and
print books make up a far smaller portion.