Aptara’s 3rd Annual Survey of Ebook Publishers

taming · 09-20-2011, 05:33 PM

Interesting article from Digital Book World. 6 Key Takeaways From Aptara’s 3rd Annual Survey of Ebook Publishers | Digital Book World http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2011...#ixzz1YWxbP799

You can download the whole report off of the Aptara website (but they ask you to register before downloading it.

One of the findings:

Chart: Which channel produces the largest percentage of your eBook sales?

I was surprised to see that Kobo was at 3% of Trade and Barnes and Nobel at 1%. Not even a blip from Sony.

MrsJoseph · 09-23-2011, 10:14 AM

I wonder how Apple managed to make the list twice? Audiobooks from iTunes, maybe?

kjk · 09-23-2011, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrsJoseph

I wonder how Apple managed to make the list twice? Audiobooks from iTunes, maybe?

Or maybe books that are apps, like Al Gore's?

SleepyBob · 09-23-2011, 03:40 PM

I'm not surprised at all. The question is which channel produces the most sales for the publisher. Since Amazon probably outsells B&N by around 2 to 1, hardly any publishers are going to get more sales from B&N than Amazon, aside from a few small publishers that are statistical oddities or chose not to publish through Amazon for some reason.

09-20-2011, 05:33 PM	#1
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	Aptara’s 3rd Annual Survey of Ebook Publishers Interesting article from Digital Book World. 6 Key Takeaways From Aptara’s 3rd Annual Survey of Ebook Publishers \| Digital Book World http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2011...#ixzz1YWxbP799 You can download the whole report off of the Aptara website (but they ask you to register before downloading it. One of the findings: Chart: Which channel produces the largest percentage of your eBook sales? I was surprised to see that Kobo was at 3% of Trade and Barnes and Nobel at 1%. Not even a blip from Sony.

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09-23-2011, 10:14 AM	#2
MrsJoseph Loves Ellipsis... Posts: 1,554 Karma: 7899232 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Washington, DC Device: Kobo Wifi (broken), nook STR (returned), Kobo Touch, Sony T1	I wonder how Apple managed to make the list twice? Audiobooks from iTunes, maybe?

09-23-2011, 03:40 PM	#4
SleepyBob Evangelist Posts: 426 Karma: 8522810 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wisconsin, USA Device: Kindle PW3	I'm not surprised at all. The question is which channel produces the most sales for the publisher. Since Amazon probably outsells B&N by around 2 to 1, hardly any publishers are going to get more sales from B&N than Amazon, aside from a few small publishers that are statistical oddities or chose not to publish through Amazon for some reason.

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