Digital book sales increased for the second time in two years in October 2018. Publishers saw modest revenue growth in eBooks (4.4%), with increases for the format across all trade book categories. Aside from downloaded audio, eBooks had the largest percent of revenue growth for the month, compared to October 2017. eBook revenue increased in October for Adult Books (3.0%), … [Read more...] about Ebook sales increased for the second time in two years
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KDP Launches New Reports Dashboard in Beta
Self-published authors whose works are distributed via Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing platform may have noticed a couple of beauty-wise changes to their author dashboards. A new report dashboard, currently in beta, gives the muddled old dashboard a much-needed facelift. However, other than being more eye-catching and appealing, not much has changed about the sales report. … [Read more...] about KDP Launches New Reports Dashboard in Beta
Hardcover and Paperback book sales increase at the expense of ebooks
In the first nine months of the year ebook sales have declined 3.9% and generated over $770.9 million dollars. People are still buying the digital format of course, but the real money is with hardcover and paperback novels. The hardback format saw an increase of $1.9 billion dollars (6.2%) over 2017 and mass market and paperback books made $1,976.0 billion dollars (2.2%) from … [Read more...] about Hardcover and Paperback book sales increase at the expense of ebooks
Ebook sales fall 4.8% in the first six months of 2018
Digital book sales have decreased 4.8% in the first six months of 2018 according to the American Publishers Association. The format has generated $504 million dollars and will likely crack over a billion when it's all said and done by the end of the year. Audiobooks continue to be the fastest growing segment in publishing and they grew 35% and brought in over $213 million … [Read more...] about Ebook sales fall 4.8% in the first six months of 2018
German ebook sales increase by 16% in the first 6 months of 2018
Boersenverein and GFK have just given us an indication on the overall health of the German ebook market. They have found that in the first six months of 2018, ebook sales have risen by 16.4% and 16.7 million units have been sold. The number of customers who purchased at least one ebook increased by 6.1% to 2.7 million in the first half of the year, which is demonstrating that … [Read more...] about German ebook sales increase by 16% in the first 6 months of 2018
Ebook sales decline 3% in first four months of 2018
In the first four months of 2018 publishers revenue increased by $172.8 million (+5.5%) compared to the same period in 2017. Downloaded audio continued its significant growth and revenue for eBooks declined slightly. eBook sales generated $358 million dollars and declined by 3.8% and during the same period last year the format brought in $373 million dollars. Digital … [Read more...] about Ebook sales decline 3% in first four months of 2018
eBook sales continue to decline in first three months of 2018
Major publishers continue to experience tremendous declines in ebook sales for the past four years. In 2017 they declined by 4.7% and generated $1.103 billion in sales. In the first three months of 2018 ebook fell 3.2% and brought in $270.2 million in revenue. Publisher revenue for eBooks grew 1.5% in March 2018 compared to March 2017, with Adult ebooks being the reason for the … [Read more...] about eBook sales continue to decline in first three months of 2018
Are ebooks too expensive in 2018?
The online bookstore landscape has changed dramatically in the last five years. There used to be a fair number of choices, such as the Blinkbox Books, Sony Reader Store, Diesel eBooks, Txtr and a myriad of others. One by one they all closed down because Amazon has been able to offer steeper discounts, offering readers incentives to buy the cheapest books possible. This all … [Read more...] about Are ebooks too expensive in 2018?
Audiobook sales increased by 30% in 2017
Digital audiobooks increased by 25.8% in 2016 and generated $264.8 million in revenue. Last year audiobook sales saw another strong gain of 30% and major publishers brought in $343.4 million dollars. For the first time ever, digital audiobooks have overtaken mass market paperbacks in revenue total revenue earned. Audiobooks on tape and CD's continue to bring in a respectable … [Read more...] about Audiobook sales increased by 30% in 2017
eBook sales plummeted by 10% in 2017
Over the course of the past five years ebook sales continue to fall. In 2016 they experienced a decline of 14% in 2017 they plummeted another 10%. According to PubTrack Digital, part of the NPD book group the ebook format sold 162 million units last year, down from 180 million in 2016. PubTrack gleans their data from 450 publishers in the United States, including the big 5. … [Read more...] about eBook sales plummeted by 10% in 2017