Thread: eBook sales are down 17%
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Old 10-26-2017, 10:09 AM   #147
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Originally Posted by MattW View Post
The fact that print sales are increasing is in itself a very good indication that digital is not having a hugely detrimental effect on sales at the moment.
Print sales is one of those stats that the publishing industry cites to lie to itself about the impact of digital.
https://the-digital-reader.com/2017/...le-statistics/

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I disagree on the effect that is actually having on the traditional (paper) book market. After an initial surge, ebook sales seem to have plateaud when it comes to traditional sales. Maybe we can sort of meet in the middle and agree that a new market has been created that is not served by the traditional publishing houses and is doing exceptionally well?

Matt
That's only because you are choosing to ignore the available data.
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