Category Archives: Statistics

Amazon: eBooks Outselling Hardcovers

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Joshua Duhl

Another data point for the growth of the eBook market comes from data released from Amazon.com: “Amazon.com customers now purchase more Kindle books than hardcover books–astonishing when you consider that we’ve been selling hardcover books for 15 years, and Kindle … Continue reading →

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Amazon e-Book share to fall from 90% to 35%, Analyst Says

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Todd Eckler

The race is on and that’s good for the eBook market. Three strong competitors (Apple, Google and Amazon) in this market will fuel the need for more content and for enhanced content. The issue will be can publishers keep up? There is so much happening right now with clearing of eRights, back list conversion and dealing with just getting the current product to ePub, how will publishers get to the next stage of dynamic and interactive books? Continue reading →

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Trade eBook Sales More than Triple Year over Year!

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Joshua Duhl

The Association of American Publishers (AAP), in conjunction with the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), released eBook sales statistics for December 2009. Trade eBook sales were $19,100,000 for December, a 119.7% increase over December 2008 ($8,700,000). Calendar Year to Date sales are up + 176.2%. Continue reading →

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