Data Guy just dropped another batch of interesting numbers in a discussion of KKR's latest column:
http://www.thepassivevoice.com/10/20...comment-329190
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408 million / 802 million = 51% of all fiction books of any format sold in the US in 2014 were EBOOKS
499 million / 802 million = 62% of all fiction books of any format sold in the US in 2014 were sold online
139 million / 802 million = 17.5% of all fiction books of any format sold in the US in 2014 were indie fiction EBOOKS (add another 1% for print)
But don’t forget that a lot of that print fiction is children’s fiction… board books, early chapter books, and the like.
For ADULT fiction, specifically, the 2014 mix skewed even more “e”:
355 million / 528 million = 67% of all adult fiction books of any format sold in the US in 2014 were EBOOKS
411 million / 528 million = 78% of all adult fiction books of any format sold in the US in 2014 were sold online
127 million / 528 million = 24% of all adult fiction books of any format sold in the US in 2014 were indie adult fiction EBOOKS
ETA: all in units, not dollars.
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