Thread: 4 reasons why e-book growth will be slower than expected
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Old 02-04-2011, 09:23 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck View Post
Does BISG count all ebook sales, or only those through the Big 6 publishers, or only those through publishers? I doubt they have access to Smashwords' and Lulu's sales numbers, and if they're getting statistics from publishers, rather than bookstores, they're not getting self-published ebook data.
Lulu is a member of BISG, though Smashwords isn't. Amazon is a member as well. They should have access to a reasonable sample of self-published ebooks, though it's unclear whether those were included.
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