Big gains on the ebook front!
According to figures released today by BookStats, the joint AAP, BISG program developed to create an analysis of industrywide sales, total book publishing revenue rose 3.1% in 2010 to $27.9 billion and posted a two-year growth of 5.6%, this gain was due almost entirely to increases in digital products which offset the decline in all print formats.
Ebook sales across all catagories rose 38.9% in 2010 to $1.62 billion. Within the trade segment, ebook sales soared 1,274.1% to $878 million in the 2008-2010 period $203% in 2010 compared to 2009).
According to BookStats, regular ebook (text only) sales rose 201% last year to $863.7 million and enhanced ebook sales increased 255.1% to $14.3 million. Unit sales of ebooks rose 215.5% in 2010 to 111.9 million.
Isn't it time that you got yourself into the market? What's stopping you?
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