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fjtorres · 08-09-2016, 05:27 PM

Oh, I expect it is exactly as they report it.
Might be worse.
Remember that all the BPHs are reporting actual revenue shortfalls and they have stopped breaking out ebook sales numbers, resorting to lumping ebook and audiobook sales.

I also think they have (more or less) correctly diagnosed what is going on: the big clue being the difference between the print sales list and the ebook sales list.

Factor in the Agency Part Deux price hike and the fact that ebooks are always in print...

It's the new normal phasing in, I think.

08-09-2016, 05:27 PM	#3
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Oh, I expect it is exactly as they report it. Might be worse. Remember that all the BPHs are reporting actual revenue shortfalls and they have stopped breaking out ebook sales numbers, resorting to lumping ebook and audiobook sales. I also think they have (more or less) correctly diagnosed what is going on: the big clue being the difference between the print sales list and the ebook sales list. Factor in the Agency Part Deux price hike and the fact that ebooks are always in print... It's the new normal phasing in, I think.