January 2010 US ebook sales up 261.2% - Page 3

cheerio6414 · 03-30-2010, 11:14 PM

wouldnt have thought that much, nice graphs

JSWolf · 03-31-2010, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by cheerio6414

wouldnt have thought that much, nice graphs

But given the new pricing starting tomorrow, that graph is not going to so nice.

David Derrico · 03-31-2010, 03:44 PM

I see every indication that e-book sales will continue to increase in popularity, at least to achieve parity with printed books (in certain categories, anyway ... if you exclude children's books and some picture books and the like). There are just too many advantages (including lower cost) to e-books, and too many people have used them and are hooked on them and prefer them to paper books. And the newer generations will read more and more in electronic form and less and less in paper, so the numbers should continue to move in the e-book direction, even if they reach a certain plateau and then increase slowly over time from there.

The only way I think any of that does NOT happen is if large publishers succeed in killing e-book sales (with higher prices, restrictive DRM, blocking TTS, delayed releases, poor formatting, agency model, etc.). But I think the cat has been let out of the bag. Too many of us read on too many e-book reading devices and too many big companies (like Amazon, B&N, Sony, and Apple) are on board the e-book train for publishers to stop it.

JSWolf · 03-31-2010, 03:46 PM

The agency model is upon us tomorrow. So I think this is going to make eBook sales halt for a bit.

Ben Thornton · 03-31-2010, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

The agency model is upon us tomorrow. So I think this is going to make eBook sales halt for a bit.

We shall see, but what has been promised is not just the high prices for hardbacks, but also tracking the reducing price for paperback. So, we could plausibly see a continued increase in ebook sales, but with a focus on the lower-priced ("paperback") offerings.

The interesting thing, I think, will be seeing whether the marker will stand the paperback-hardback price distinction on the basis of timing alone, when the product (the ebook) is identical. My bet is that there is some value in the timing, but also some value in the physical difference, so that the ebook market will need to find a price inbetween.

Time will tell.

Barcey · 03-31-2010, 11:29 PM

So ebook sales are $31.9 million at a lower per unit price.

Combined Adult/YA/Children hardcover sales are $87.3 million at a higher per unit price.

Why do I keep hearing that ebook sales are insignificant and all the profits are coming from hardcover sales?

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03-30-2010, 11:14 PM	#31
cheerio6414 Addict Posts: 210 Karma: 36 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kindle 2	wouldnt have thought that much, nice graphs

03-31-2010, 03:44 PM	#33
David Derrico Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 510132 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: South Florida Device: Kindle 3 & Kobo Wireless	I see every indication that e-book sales will continue to increase in popularity, at least to achieve parity with printed books (in certain categories, anyway ... if you exclude children's books and some picture books and the like). There are just too many advantages (including lower cost) to e-books, and too many people have used them and are hooked on them and prefer them to paper books. And the newer generations will read more and more in electronic form and less and less in paper, so the numbers should continue to move in the e-book direction, even if they reach a certain plateau and then increase slowly over time from there. The only way I think any of that does NOT happen is if large publishers succeed in killing e-book sales (with higher prices, restrictive DRM, blocking TTS, delayed releases, poor formatting, agency model, etc.). But I think the cat has been let out of the bag. Too many of us read on too many e-book reading devices and too many big companies (like Amazon, B&N, Sony, and Apple) are on board the e-book train for publishers to stop it.

03-31-2010, 03:46 PM	#34
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,291 Karma: 145488788 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The agency model is upon us tomorrow. So I think this is going to make eBook sales halt for a bit.

03-31-2010, 11:29 PM	#36
Barcey Wizard Posts: 1,531 Karma: 8059866 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Device: Kobo H2O / Aura HD / Glo / iPad3	So ebook sales are $31.9 million at a lower per unit price. Combined Adult/YA/Children hardcover sales are $87.3 million at a higher per unit price. Why do I keep hearing that ebook sales are insignificant and all the profits are coming from hardcover sales?

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