Thread: eBook sales are down 17%
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Old 10-26-2017, 10:01 AM   #146
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
No, it's not widely known, it's simply widely asserted to be the case. First we don't know if the big 5 ebook sales are lagging or not, they don't release sales figures. What we do know is that various people estimate that the sales figures are lagging. On the other hand, we also know that companies like Penguin reported record profits in 2016.
you are wrong on almost every point.

Yes they do release stats; perhaps you've heard of the AAP's month reports. The Big 5 also release quarterly reports which frequently include ebook revenue stats.And there's the Author Earnings Report.

Also, the original discussion point for this thread was the claim that ebook sales were down when in fact that stat was based solely on publisher ebook sales rather than the market, where the Author Earnings report says ebook sales have not decreased.

So you're not just wrong, you are embarrassingly wrong.
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