According to the New York Times BookStats, e-book sales in 2012 represented 20 percent of publishers» revenue,
with fiction sales up 42 percent over the year before and non-fiction up 22 percent.
Not exact matches
The monsters vs. robots science -
fiction sequel «Pacific Rim: Uprising» dethroned the superhero sensation
with $ 28 million in ticket
sales...
The monsters vs. robots science -
fiction sequel «Pacific Rim: Uprising» dethroned the superhero sensation
with $ 28 million in ticket
sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
My contracts were for non-
fiction, which is a different animal to
fiction — most non-
fiction authors are writing for small niche markets, unless they are lucky enough to be either famous, or writing about something
with huge appeal, like cookery or self - improvement, so potential
sales figures are tiny in comparison to the
fiction market.
The Son by Philipp Meyer Ecco • $ 27.99 • ISBN 9780062120397 On
sale May 28, 2013 Philipp Meyer made his
fiction debut
with a bang: His very first novel, American Rust, was one of the most talked - about literary releases of 2009, earning him a place on The New Yorker «s Best 20 Writers Under 40 list.
In the consumer sector digital
sales of
fiction increased 8 %,
with a 10 % rise in
sales of adult non-
fiction.
In a fall filled
with fiction heavyweights (including the new J.K. Rowling, which also goes on
sale today), Forgiven holds its own, keeping the reader glued to the pages as the darkly humorous and oddly hopeful tale of Harold Silver unfolds.
A writer of popular
fiction, Russell Blake, said that shifting his prices didn't really move
sales very much, but he didn't substantiate it
with any specifics.
With only 5 % and 14 % of juvenile non-
fiction and
fiction sales, respectively, coming from Indies, there's tremendous possibility for growth.
It looks like the site includes more than just Christian
fiction too,
with additional information about cookbooks on
sale and the like.
He confuses method of distribution
with quantity of
sales, and both
with quality of
fiction.
«The impact will be felt by trade
fiction and non-
fiction to begin
with, but I don't foresee that
sale of academic books will be affected in the near future.»
Sales are great, press releases, interviews, live radio guest appearances are exciting, climbing the ranks and entering the Top 100 Best Selling Authors in Science
Fiction multiple times is exhilarating, but nothing beats the support from readers and friends, and fellow writers who share this thrill
with me.
Adult
fiction had the highest percentage of e-book
sales,
with 51 % of
sales purchased in the category bought in digital format.
The big
sale on Dark Horse Digital this weekend is science
fiction comics,
with issues of Aliens, Battlestar Galactica, The Bionic Man, and more for 99 cents each.
For example, Contemporary
Fiction and Romance (subcategories of Literature &
Fiction) feature books
with the lowest
sales ranks and highest
sales numbers, so they are the bestselling categories in the German Amazon store.
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.
Juvenile
Fiction was the best - selling genre in Canada in 2015,
with a 29.6 % share of total unit
sales through traditional book retailers, representing 20 % of the value of the total book market.
With the exception of my science
fiction novels,
sales — and borrows — of the other novels have picked up since KU began.
Bestseller lists are focused on
fiction and non-
fiction new releases, and high - profile bestseller lists such as the Globe & Mail and the New York Times compile their lists
with weekly
sales data from BookNet Canada and NPD BookScan (formerly Nielsen Bookscan) but then further curate them.
Fiction sales made up 86 % of the revenue from ebook
sales in 2015 (compared
with only 32 % in physical books).
In Brazil, print book
sales are down 3.5 % for the last 12 months,
with declines in the top 2 genres:
Fiction and Adult Non-
Fiction.
With the release of JK Rowling's first
fiction title for adult and non-wizarding fans, The Casual Vacancy, just days away, early figures on the book's
sales show that it has already taken in one million purchases in pre-orders, causing some to speculate that it will quite possibly reach the number one spot on several bestseller lists on its first day of
sales this Thursday.
Keven J Anderson, a seminal science
fiction writer, said that when he spends the money to visit different cities on promotional tours, he can immediately see if the money was well spent, what
with the
sales speaking for themselves.
While
fiction experienced a slow year, nonfiction was extremely successful:
sales rose by 5.4 %
with the share of turnover shifting to 10.1 %, compared to 9.4 % in 2014.
Romance buyers are buying ebooks to a greater extent when compared
with other major
fiction subgenres and ebook
sales of romance books have proportionally doubled in one year, from 22 % in Q1 2011 to 44 % in Q1 2012.
My current
fiction is probably commercial enough for the traditional market, so I may decide to query it, although I am very happy
with my indie
sales so far.
Juvenile represents 35 % of the total physical market over the last 12 months
with juvenile
fiction largely driving the
sales from 2011 to 2014, resulting in «a great variety of publishers seeing positive growth.»
So here, just as in traditional publishing, the GOAL would be to get up as many products as possible for
sale electronically to get closer to your DREAM of making a living
with your
fiction.
About six months ago, the Science
Fiction Writers of America announced a new policy, accepting self - published authors if they met the same level of
sales as the advance for a first time author
with a traditional publisher.
Literary
fiction, together
with poetry and art books, accounts for only 3.3 % of book
sales.
Author's momentum continues
with May 9 release of «The Beloved Hope Chest» (Jan. 2017)-- The
Fiction team at HarperCollins Christian Publishing announced today that
sales of author Amy Clipston's books have exceeded 1 million copies.
«eBooks are coexisting
with print books, as opposed to taking over... digital
sales of
fiction and non
fiction appear to be slowing as readers increasingly want to consume books in a variety of ways.»
-- Success or failure on such a plan will depend on your ability to make
sales traditionally
with short
fiction.
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Sales of children's fiction, YA titles and picture books are all up, with only a slight dip -LRB--2 %) in sales of pre-school b
Sales of children's
fiction, YA titles and picture books are all up,
with only a slight dip -LRB--2 %) in
sales of pre-school b
sales of pre-school books.
St. Patrick's Day
Sale — 15 % off on Religion, History and
Fiction titles
with code stpatrickdaycp.
The thinking then was that every winner has to have a loser, and
with a winner this big (British
sales for consumer eBook
fiction and non-
fiction were up 366 % in 2011!!)
Her first novel - women's commercial
fiction with a side serving of satire - has a big «FOR
SALE» sign on it and the second is making the arduous journey from her brain to her Mac.
The only bad news I can see is that the books» reviews,
sales rankings, and «tags» (helpful keywords, like «science
fiction» that users can associate
with books) from the US versions don't transfer over to the UK site, so mine are starting from scratch.
I'm more familiar
with the ebook market, and
fiction trounces nonfiction in
sales.
A necessary question: are the
sales handle, promo sentence & back cover copy lumped in
with the synopsis or are they separate in a
fiction proposal so that the proposal would contain a cover letter, synopsis, sample chapters and then another page
with those 3 items?
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.»
Non-
fiction has had the hardest fall
with Non-
Fiction sees a decline of 18.4 % to $ 7.8 m while
fiction has year - to - date
sales of $ 3.9 m, a decline of 15.1 %.
This illustrates a key point about soliciting testimonials you'll use on your cover, website, and retail site
sales page: You want to ask people
with a connection to your book's topic or category, whether it's nonfiction or
fiction.
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I know myself and the ladies in my book club can't get enough of reading, so maybe low
fiction sales are more to do
with what's being put out there?????
Especially
with non
fiction, it appears
sales may be recovering consistent w the general economy but lagging which could be normal for discretionary spending.
Anywhere from a 10 % -35 % royalty (this is 10 - 35 % of what they earn, not of the
sale price of the audiobook) seems typical
with advances from the low hundreds to the low thousands (I'm basing these numbers on what I've seen for myself and what a handful of other authors, mostly science
fiction and fantasy, have told me).
That helped a bit
with sales on those other platforms, but not as much as I would have expected (I should note that my pen name writes science
fiction romance, and Bookbub doesn't have such a category — they put the book in paranormal romance, which I don't believe was a good fit).