In 2019 ebook revenue in the United States declined 4.2% and generated $983.3 million. Digital audiobooks continued to grow, with a 22.1% increase as compared to last year, reaching $576.9 million in revenue. Year-to-date total Trade sales were flat (+0.1%) in relation to 2018, coming in at $7.9 billion. Total sales across all categories for January to December 2019 rose 1.8% … [Read more...] about Ebook revenue fell 4.2% in 2019 and generated $983.3 million
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Major Publishers are Experiencing Lower e-Book Sales
A couple of weeks ago The Association of America Publishers proclaimed that over the course of 2015 e-book sales have decreased by 12.7%. Nielsen Bookscan have verified that these figures are mostly correct at the Book Expo America conference in Chicago. Unit sales of e-books published by traditional publishers fell 13% in 2015 compared to 2014, said Kempton Mooney of … [Read more...] about Major Publishers are Experiencing Lower e-Book Sales
Forbes: Amazon Dispute Not About Money
Despite the hordes of critics who have verbally assaulted Amazon for its greed in the Hachette dispute, an article for Forbes today demonstrated the outcome of the current contract negotiation holds a certain percentage of Amazon's revenue in the balance. How much is that revenue? Around eleven million dollars. As in, 0.014% of its total $78billion business. Apple was … [Read more...] about Forbes: Amazon Dispute Not About Money
Microsoft Reports Increase in Revenue From Surface Tablet Sales, Xbox 360
Microsoft may finally be seeing some method in the tablet madness it had found itself in in the post-PC era. With demand for PCs ever on the decline, its imperative for the Richmond company to drive focus on the other most happening computing segment, that of tablet PCs. In comes the Surface line of tablet devices though unfortunately, both of these tasted dirt during their … [Read more...] about Microsoft Reports Increase in Revenue From Surface Tablet Sales, Xbox 360
Digital Publishing Ad Revenue Up 18% in Q3, 2013 in UK
Advertising revenue from digital publishing has hit a new high in the UK, reports Association of Online Publishers (AOP) and Deloitte, a business advisory firm. Growth recorded is 18 percent in Q3, 2013 compared to the same period last year, which the report claims is the highest recorded since 2010. The majority of publishers which constitute about 85 percent of those … [Read more...] about Digital Publishing Ad Revenue Up 18% in Q3, 2013 in UK
Brand Perfect Report Shows Publishers Losing Revenue to Digital
As new data leads industry experts to believe that tablet and smartphone sales are soon going to outsell desktop computers by two-to-one, market watchers are paying close attention to how consumers are going to process information. With tablets slated to outsell this year alone and smartphones predicted to reach sales in the two billion unit range by 2015, publishers are faced … [Read more...] about Brand Perfect Report Shows Publishers Losing Revenue to Digital
Children’s Digital Sees Record Growth in May While Overall eBook Growth Slows Down
eBook reading as a trend has demonstrated that children seem to be interested in reading more ebooks. While that is a positive development, it has come at the expense of the grown-ups who have been exhibiting a declining interest in ebooks. The statistics were revealed thanks to data made available by the Association of American Publishers based on trade publishing sales in the … [Read more...] about Children’s Digital Sees Record Growth in May While Overall eBook Growth Slows Down
Each Kindle Fire Sold is Making Amazon Richer by More Than $100
Amazon's ploy of selling the Kindle Fire cheap or even at a loss and make up for it by selling content seems to be working fine. For as per a survey conducted by an investment banking firm RBC, Amazon is raking in more than $100 for every Kindle Fire sold, which is several times more than the $3-$17 that the online retail giant is loosing with each Kindle Fire. Amazon never … [Read more...] about Each Kindle Fire Sold is Making Amazon Richer by More Than $100