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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Movie box office is up this year over last; bad weather certainly didn't stop people from coming out to theaters.
Video games have been trending up this year.
Even PCs are trending up.
Publishing is trending down by a lot.
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You just confirmed my previous statement. People are doing other things besides reading.
BPH ebook prices have ranged between $10-$15 since 2010. But at the same time we had a few super bestsellers published; Larsson trilogy, Hunger Games trilogy and 50 Shades. Just looking at 50 Shades' numbers, the publisher sold 125 million copies which earned them easily half a billion dollars. These are windfalls not currently being repeated. Who knows the current revenues could be the norm absent the mega sellers.
The AAP stated ebook sales down 9.3% with 1200 publishers reporting most of whom aren't agency priced.
Added: Movie ticket sales would have been higher this winter if we weren't buried under 4 feet of snow. Fortunately, the rest of the country experienced a mild winter and they made up for it.