Ebook revenues in the United States were down 3.7% for the month compared to August 2022 for a total of $87.1 million, and digital audiobooks remained up at 5.7% for August, coming in at $68.2 million in revenue. Physical Audio was up 21.1%, coming in at $1.3 million. On a year-to-date basis, ebook revenues were down 1.0% compared to the first eight months of 2022, for $666.9 million. Digital Audiobook sales were up 15.4%, reaching $559.0 million in revenue. Physical Audio was down 10.9%, coming in at $8.0 million.
In terms of physical paper format revenues during August, in the Trade category, Hardback revenues were up 17.4%, coming in at $277.8 million; Paperbacks were up 8.9%, with $295.1 million in revenue; Mass Market was down 19.1% to $12.2 million; and Special Bindings were up 15.0%, with $19.6 million in revenue. Year-to-date Trade revenues were down 0.5%, at $5.5 billion for the first eight months. Hardback revenues were up 0.7%, coming in at $1.8 billion; Paperbacks were down 2.0%, with $2.0 billion in revenue; Mass Market was down 22.1% to $98.1 million; and Special Bindings were up 1.0%, with $116.3 million in revenue.
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.