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vivaldirules · 12-11-2007, 03:32 PM

What percentage of book sales will be in the form of ebooks then (that is, during the "year of the ebook" whether that's 2008 or 2010 or whenever)? Will it be 10%, 20%, 40%, more? I don't think I could speculate but what do you guys think? I ask because of this quote from the roundtable:

"Taylor & Francis has reported its e-book sales at 9% of total revenue. But there’s not really anything wrong with the book as a format. It could grow to 10%, 20%. But I don’t think e-book sales will be more than 40% for books overall."

12-11-2007, 03:32 PM	#4
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	What percentage of book sales will be in the form of ebooks then (that is, during the "year of the ebook" whether that's 2008 or 2010 or whenever)? Will it be 10%, 20%, 40%, more? I don't think I could speculate but what do you guys think? I ask because of this quote from the roundtable: "Taylor & Francis has reported its e-book sales at 9% of total revenue. But there’s not really anything wrong with the book as a format. It could grow to 10%, 20%. But I don’t think e-book sales will be more than 40% for books overall."