AAP says ebook sales up 23.5%

"Kent Larsen" <kent-bvea5+VdNl1Wk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
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FWIW.

Note that this is only sales reported by members of the AAP.

I'd be very interested to know if there are other sources of this kind
of information.


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Book Sales in October: Up 2.1%, Publishers Say


In October, net sales of books rose 2.1% to $797.2 million, as reported 
by 82 publishers to the Association of American Publishers. For the year 
to date, net sales have risen 9.3% to $8.58 billion.

Among the categories with the largest jumps in sales:

* University press hardcovers, up 24.5% to $7.3 million
* E-books, up 23.5% to $2.7 million
* Professional, up 11.4% to $49.6 million
* Adult hardcover, up 9.7% to $329 million

Biggest drops:

* Adult mass market, down 18.1% to $62.6 million
* Audiobooks, down 17.5% to $20.4 million
* Children's/YA paperbacks, down 5.2% to $49.3 million





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