As expected, the new Author Earnings report sheds light on the decline on BPH revenues:
http://authorearnings.com/report/sep...rnings-report/
Quote:
AAP Reports Own Shrinking Market Share, Media Mistakes It for Flat US Ebook Market
- In the 18 months between February 2014 and September 2015, the Association of American Publishers (AAP), whose 1200 members include the “Big Five”: Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Hachette — have seen their collective share of the US ebook market collapse:
- from 45% of all Kindle books sold down to 32%
- from 64% of Kindle publisher gross $ revenue down to 50%
- from 48% of all Kindle author net $ earnings down to 32%
- The AAP releases monthly StatShot reports on the total dollar sales of their 1200 participating publishers, of which the “Big Five” collectively account for roughly 80%.
- So far in 2015, the AAP’s reports have charted a progressive decline in both ebook sales and overall revenue for the AAP’s member publishers.
- During that same period in 2015, Amazon’s overall ebook sales have continued to grow in both unit and dollar terms, fueled by a strong shift in consumer ebook purchasing behavior away from traditionally-published ebooks and toward indie-published- and Amazon-imprint-published ebooks.
- These “non-traditionally-published” books now make up nearly 60% of all Kindle ebooks purchased in the US, and take in 40% of all consumer dollars spent on those ebooks.
- The AAP is still reporting on May 2015 right now; they haven’t seen the latest 5% drop in their collective market share, measured by Author Earnings in early September 2015 (after Penguin Random House’s return to agency pricing).
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Much more at the source.
With pretty pictures, too.