The comments came after figures
showed eBooks sales fell for the first time since 2014 last year.
To make real progress on this issue, you need hard data that
shows ebook sales are helped, not harmed, by library ebook lending to mobile ebook reading devices.
A 2016 survey of major publishers
showed ebook sales were in decline for the first time on record, having shrunk 2.4 % over the previous year.
The AAP's annual «StatShot» report for 2012, released on Thursday,
shows ebook sales accounting for 22.55...
Not exact matches
The latest US book industry
sales figures from the Association of American Publishers
show ebooks are now tracking at 9 % of domestic trade book revenue for the 8 - month period January to August 2010.
The latest US book industry
sales figures from the Association of American Publishers
show ebooks are now tracking at 9 % of domestic trade book revenue for the 8 - month period January... Read more >
However,
ebook sales overall are still robust when you take into account the 30 % of
ebooks that do not have an ISBN number, and therefore do not
show up in any of the traditional measures of
ebook sales, as clearly documented on authorearnings.com.
As for worldwide trends in
ebook sales, a quick Google search
showed up the following: http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2014/five-reasons-the-worldwide-
ebook-market-saw-huge-growth-in-2013/ http://www.publishingtechnology.com/2014/12/kobo-thinks-the-global-
ebook-market-is-worth-14-5bn-but-what-do-other-sources-say/
As a result,
ebook sales have
shown a growth of 30 percent on a year - on - year basis.
This report, which
showed a 10.5 % increase in digital
sales, comes at a time when the debate around
ebooks and their viability from different angles is starting to... [Read more...]
And finally Google, with around a third of Kobo's
sales, making up 1 - 2 % of today's
ebook market — a surprisingly meager
showing for the internet giant.
eBook sales have
shown a positive growth during the last few years, while conventional printed books have
shown a steady decline in
sales for the last eight years in row.
Cory Doctorow points to a BYU study that
shows releasing a free
ebook version may boost
sales of the printed edition.
Sales figures from the end of last year
show that while they don't dominate the marketplace as they once did, print books are
showing a good amount of resiliency during the precipitous rise of
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Amazon is talking about
ebook sales going to authors while print book
sales would go to Hatchette and if Hatchette had agreed to this -
showing they cared about their authors - Amazon would go back to large restocking / reorders on print books, discounting print books instead of selling them at the absurd high prices set by Hatchette which they've been complaining about, and re-enabling pre-order buttons.
So Bowker is unable to track 90 % or so of all
ebook sales... which means almost no
ebook sales actually
show up on Bookscan.
After moving Heaven to Betsy to Pronoun in 2017 and promoting it as free on BookBub, it had no «bump» in audio companion
sales, even though on the Amazon Kindle
sales page it
showed the
ebook and audiobook as linked.
Meanwhile, Penguin is not wasting any time
showing off its own planned iPad
ebooks with Penguin Books CEO John Makinson making some very bullish predictions during the demo, including the claim that
ebooks would make up to 10 % of Penguin's book
sales in 2011.
The figures, which were posted on GalleyCat on Friday,
show that net
sales revenue from
ebooks exceeded that of hardcover books in the first quarter of the year: a first.
In particular, the huge increase in digital
sales shows how rapidly readers and publishers are embracing
ebook reading.
While some recent studies have
shown stagnation in the growth of
eBook sales, the variety of new devices and options for readers continues to expand.
Lynch's statement might seem overreaching, but his
sales data
shows that this niche content really is making its way outside of the
ebooks» original geographic borders.
Statistically they don't sell a copious amount of
eBooks, recently leaked investor slides
show that in North America they are listed in the «other» category, which represent less than 4 % of
eBook sales.
While print
sales are an important revenue source for publishers and traditional authors, indie authors and debut traditional authors are
showing an even bigger lag behind their
ebook sales in terms of income.
Of course, much of the data is talking about
ebooks over print
sales, but as Walsh's assessment from AuthorEarnings
shows, print book revenue for the actual author is nothing compared to their digital income.
The third - quarter numbers for 2015
show that so far this year,
ebooks (not including school and reference books) have a 5.3 % share of book
sales in Germany.
However, the 2016 Global
ebook report
shows that for some of the big publishers in Germany,
ebooks already make up more than 10 % and even up to 15 % of their total book
sales (source).
While the publishing climate is certainly changing, I think as long as
sales are tracked through traditional outlets and publishers continue to put the most emphasis using Bookscan as a primary
sales reference point — versus an author's statement that the book has sold 3,000 copies in back - of - the - room
sales or as
ebooks — big publishers are going to be wary of publishing authors that are
showing, say, 100 copies sold.
Ebooks, on the other hand, are
showing the best
sales for literature, mystery and thriller, and romance genres.
Naturally, it means having more emphasis on
ebooks and the Author Earning report
shows this trend with their higher number of
ebook sales.
Because despite the waning
ebook sales that this past year has
shown, more and more readers now own an ereader, tablet, or other digital reading device that allows for instant connectivity.
Sales of
ebooks more than doubled in 2011 to bring in some $ 2.07 billion for the US publishing industry, a survey
showed Wednesday.
Other authors such as science author Scott Sigler and Excel expert Bill Jelen have
shown that making
ebook versions of printed titles available have increase
sales of the printed version.
The consensus (and
sales data)
shows that print books aren't going anywhere and the hype for
ebooks has plateaued since it's initial surge, but is still a reliable constant in the publishing space.
Each quarter, AuthorEarnings.com tracks
ebook sales on Amazon, and each quarter, the figures
show the same trend.
The report, based on survey results from Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA) Media Inc.,
showed an exponential growth in children's
ebook consumption just in the last three years, with Kobo's children's
sales increasing tenfold in that time and the American Publisher's Association stating a 200 % increase in children's
sales.
As the study
showed, digital book
sales for about one - third of the
ebooks publishers now make up double digit revenue, and the
sales of
ebooks in many categories are continuing to grow.
The Luzme site itself offers
ebook fans the ability to not only locate
ebooks quickly across several platforms,
showing consumers where particular titles are available and from which platform, but also allows consumers to be alerted when a title goes on
sale or where it can be found at the best price; users can even incorporate their Watch Lists from their widely used
ebook retailers to be alerted when a book on that list becomes available at a lower price.
I can't say I haven't had and heard of self - publishing woes — like authors»
ebooks being purchased without ALL the
sales showing up in the authors» accounts — but I do enjoy the control that comes along with self - publishing.
While
ebook sales take off, the
sale of ereaders in Russia are steadily declining as customers
show a marked preference for tablet computers.
Earlier this year, Author Earnings released a report
showing Amazon is far and away the leader, with more than 80 percent of English - language
eBook sales worldwide — both indie and traditionally - published — and 91 Continue reading «Choices for Publishing, 2017 Edition»
But that just goes to
show how much fun I had browsing through all of the
sale - priced
ebooks today.
So... I'm describing this slide
show to the other professional writers at lunch, and I (the mathematician's daughter who grew up on a steady diet of statistical analysis and probabilities [my father's two favorite subjects]-RRB- hear myself say, «Digital Book World asked this guy to examine the impact of
ebook sales on hardcover
sales, making the study flawed in the first place.»
[Nielsen Book's] quiet PubTrack Digital service — the only source of real, granular
ebook sales data, based on invoices for
ebook sales from participating publishers —
shows adult fiction still accounting for 65 percent of all
ebook sales.
Greenfield's article yesterday
shows that children's
ebook sales — while continuing to grow — have slowed from the first half of the year.
The fact that the Zon knows how to price
ebooks (a lesson the publishing industry has yet to learn, despite their digital
sales dropping last year) and that is to keep prices low, really
shows that is something the average digital reader expects... you lower that even further... a $ 2.99
ebook sells for $.99 and that is the version they will purchase, imho...
It's an accepted fact that romance fans dominate the digital market, as
shown by the high numbers of
ebooks sales, the romance publishers who've established
ebook - only and digital - first imprints, and the success stories of bestselling self - published romance authors.
A survey they conducted
shows that
ebook readers in the 40 to 49 year - old range accounted for 32 % of
sales, and those over 60 accounted for 20 %.
Total consumer digital
sales (including consumer
ebooks, downloads and audiobooks)
showed the most rapid... [Read more...]
Laura Hazard Owen of paidContent.org posted an article this morning that
shows a strong surge in
ebook sales in what has previously been an under - represented market: teen readers.