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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
Yes, I agree. The OP asked why do we think ebook sales are declining? The article states
I am directly contributing to that decline in ebook sales because I no longer buy ebooks directly from the publishers, which I assume is what is the source of that metric. That's $605 in lost sales from me this year. Yet, I'm reading just as many or even more books than ever. And I'm still reading ebooks. I've just shifted to alternate distribution methods including library lending and a subscription service. I did not shift back to buying paper books.
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Similar here. I also am contributing to that decline and am proud of it. I have not purchased a Big 5 ebook since the start of agency. I received no compensation from the price fixing settlement because my purchases from them simply ceased. I am in KU, and get many good books from there. I am also a member of a number of libraries and borrow the handful of ridiculously priced agency ebooks I want to read from them. In any month I will usually purchase quite a few Indies not in KU. I find I rarely read a tradpub book any more. Before agency all of this money would have gone mainly to the Big 5 (Big 6 at the time). Now virtually all of the money goes to Indies.
I have read only one print book since before agency, and that was borrowed from my local library.