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GERGE · 03-30-2012, 11:02 AM

Adult books
$99.5M in Jan 2012; $66.6M in Jan 2011; +49.4% increase

Children’s/Young Adult
$22.6M in Jan 2012; $3.9M in Jan 2011; +475.1% increase

Religious (new AAP categories)
$6.7M in Jan 2012; $2.7M in Jan 2011; +150.7% increase

Source: http://www.publishers.org/press/62/

I don't care much for young adult genre but while rise is good (kiddies are reading!) I don't like implications of it. Almost all of it must be from Amazon, Apple and B&N; so whichever the kid (or the patent) choose is probably got a customer for life. Way too much control for the bookseller. Maybe it is not an issue when you are a grown man who knows how the things are, but these are children.

Anyway, still good news. I just hope it is not all sparkling unvampires =)

This also means that we will see much more crappy novels for teenagers.

03-30-2012, 11:02 AM	#1
GERGE Guru Posts: 732 Karma: 5797160 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Istanbul Device: Kobo Libra	Amazing rise of eBook sales in 2011 (USA) Adult books $99.5M in Jan 2012; $66.6M in Jan 2011; +49.4% increase Children’s/Young Adult $22.6M in Jan 2012; $3.9M in Jan 2011; +475.1% increase Religious (new AAP categories) $6.7M in Jan 2012; $2.7M in Jan 2011; +150.7% increase Source: http://www.publishers.org/press/62/ I don't care much for young adult genre but while rise is good (kiddies are reading!) I don't like implications of it. Almost all of it must be from Amazon, Apple and B&N; so whichever the kid (or the patent) choose is probably got a customer for life. Way too much control for the bookseller. Maybe it is not an issue when you are a grown man who knows how the things are, but these are children. Anyway, still good news. I just hope it is not all sparkling unvampires =) This also means that we will see much more crappy novels for teenagers. Last edited by GERGE; 03-30-2012 at 11:04 AM.