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neilmarr · 09-23-2010, 06:11 AM

An interesting informal ebook statistic, Paul: At our own on-site bookstore, over ten years or so, we saw insignificant sales of ebooks rise to about ten percent in 2009 with paperbacks representing the other 90%

So far in 2010 there's been a complete turn-about -- ebooks so far represent over 90% of book sales from our own store this year.

Now that our US registration has come through at last so that we can deal direct with the huge new ebook stores that disqualify publishers without an 'official' US presence, we're kinda excited to see if our own on-site experience will be reflected in international sales through third-party retail.

Hoots. Neil

09-23-2010, 06:11 AM	#47
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	An interesting informal ebook statistic, Paul: At our own on-site bookstore, over ten years or so, we saw insignificant sales of ebooks rise to about ten percent in 2009 with paperbacks representing the other 90% So far in 2010 there's been a complete turn-about -- ebooks so far represent over 90% of book sales from our own store this year. Now that our US registration has come through at last so that we can deal direct with the huge new ebook stores that disqualify publishers without an 'official' US presence, we're kinda excited to see if our own on-site experience will be reflected in international sales through third-party retail. Hoots. Neil