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pdurrant · 11-10-2015, 09:46 AM

For changes in ebooks sales, rather than the reading technology, this rather dated page is interesting

http://idpf.org/about-us/industry-statistics

It's clear (ignoring the dodgy curve fitting!) that ebook sale rose fairly steadly but slowly (apart from a dip in second half of 2005) until 2008, and then went up lots.

If the graph continued to 2014, judging by AAP's number for 2014, it would be showing quarterly sales of around $500 million (wholesale).

And so yes, your perception that the big change in ebook sales happened between 2008 and 2013 is probably true. That's when ebook sales went from being an insignificant part of the total market to a major part, if not quite yet the majority of book sales.

11-10-2015, 09:46 AM	#22
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,006 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	For changes in ebooks sales, rather than the reading technology, this rather dated page is interesting http://idpf.org/about-us/industry-statistics It's clear (ignoring the dodgy curve fitting!) that ebook sale rose fairly steadly but slowly (apart from a dip in second half of 2005) until 2008, and then went up lots. If the graph continued to 2014, judging by AAP's number for 2014, it would be showing quarterly sales of around $500 million (wholesale). And so yes, your perception that the big change in ebook sales happened between 2008 and 2013 is probably true. That's when ebook sales went from being an insignificant part of the total market to a major part, if not quite yet the majority of book sales.