Hmm, Publisher's Lunch has (paid) access to the full AAP report and the October numbers are worse than they first appear:
Quote:
Adult sales of $549 million were down $2 million with gains in hardcovers, paperbacks and digital audio weighed down by losses in mass market and ebooks. While adult ebook sales had been pretty stable through most of the year, the trend that started in September (with sales falling almost 8 percent) deepened in October, as adult ebook sales of $83.6 million were down $23.7 million — or 22 percent — compared to the same month a year ago. (Note that the largest trade publisher, Penguin Random House, returned to agency pricing at the beginning of September 2015.)
|
A bit more at the source:
http://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2016/03/71199/
And here is Publishers Weekly report:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...n-october.html
Quote:
E-book sales plunged in October, with sales of adult e-books dropping 22.0% in the month, compared to October 2014. Sales of children/ya e-books fell 44.7%, according to figures released by the Association of American Publishers through its StatShot program.
|