There's a hint of revolution in the air ... MM pbks are down 30% in Jan according to Publishers' Weekly ... here whilst eBooks jumped 115.8% ... the figs speak for themselves. 

 

But, what does this mean for writers? Oh, yeah, and publishers? Hmnnn....

 

 

 

January E-book Sales Soar, Top Hardcover, Mass Market Paperback


The surge of e-book buying expected to take place in January following a round of holiday e-reader gift-giving did in fact materialize. According to preliminary estimates from the Association of American Publishers, e-book sales from 16 reporting companies jumped 115.8%, to $69.9 million in January. No other trade segment posted a sales increase in the month. Sales of mass market paperbacks were terrible in January, down 30.9% from the nine reporting companies, falling to $39.0 million, $30 million below the sales of e-books. E-book sales also topped $49.1 million in adult hardcover sales reported by 17 publishers; hardcover sales fell 11.3% in January. Trade paperback sales fell 19.7% in the month but remained above e-book revenue at $83.6 million from 19 houses.
 
Downloadable audio sales increased 8.8% in January, to $6.5 million at 14 publishers, while physical audiobook sales dropped 6.7% to $7.3 million from 20 publishers. Religion was the only print segment to post an increase in January with sales up 6.8%.

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Yes, but that was January.

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