US Trade Wholesale Electronic Book Sales - Statistics

haridasi · 08-24-2008, 03:44 PM

Would you like to know how much the revenue for ebooks in the US the first quarter of 2008 is?

I can tell you:
2008 Q1 - over 10 million USD.
2006 Q1 - 4 million USD
2004 Q1 - 1,8 USD

For the last 4 years, the sale has more than doubled.

Now - this is something publishers should think about!

Source:
http://www.openebook.org/doc_library/industrystats.htm

NatCh · 08-25-2008, 11:39 AM

Those figures are very interesting, haridasi, thanks for sharing them.

The trouble is that the figures are so small compared to the rest of the publishing industry revenues, that they talk themselves into ignoring them.

I wonder how many years it'll have to double before they pull their fingers out of their noses and take actual notice .... (sigh)

Sparrow · 08-25-2008, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

...I wonder how many years it'll have to double before they pull their fingers out of their noses and take actual notice .... (sigh)

Numbers grow pretty quick at that rate

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haridasi · 08-25-2008, 12:58 PM

10 millions in the us for three months are small? May be they are, but the growth rate is good. The interesting thing is that the numbers are not complete.

They also state this:
The data above represent only trade eBook sales via wholesale channels. Retail numbers may be as much as double the above figures due to industry wholesale discounts.

basschick · 08-25-2008, 10:21 PM

even if they were small, a lot of the sales of paper books isn't profit - it gets spent on manufacturing and shipping.

08-24-2008, 03:44 PM	#1
haridasi Zealot Posts: 119 Karma: 603 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oslo, Norway Device: irex iliad	US Trade Wholesale Electronic Book Sales - Statistics Would you like to know how much the revenue for ebooks in the US the first quarter of 2008 is? I can tell you: 2008 Q1 - over 10 million USD. 2006 Q1 - 4 million USD 2004 Q1 - 1,8 USD For the last 4 years, the sale has more than doubled. Now - this is something publishers should think about! Source: http://www.openebook.org/doc_library/industrystats.htm Last edited by haridasi; 08-24-2008 at 05:46 PM.

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08-25-2008, 11:39 AM	#2
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Those figures are very interesting, haridasi, thanks for sharing them. The trouble is that the figures are so small compared to the rest of the publishing industry revenues, that they talk themselves into ignoring them. I wonder how many years it'll have to double before they pull their fingers out of their noses and take actual notice .... (sigh)

08-25-2008, 12:58 PM	#4
haridasi Zealot Posts: 119 Karma: 603 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oslo, Norway Device: irex iliad	10 millions in the us for three months are small? May be they are, but the growth rate is good. The interesting thing is that the numbers are not complete. They also state this: The data above represent only trade eBook sales via wholesale channels. Retail numbers may be as much as double the above figures due to industry wholesale discounts.

08-25-2008, 10:21 PM	#5
basschick Wizard Posts: 1,096 Karma: 4695691 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	even if they were small, a lot of the sales of paper books isn't profit - it gets spent on manufacturing and shipping.

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