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Old 06-13-2014, 09:33 PM   #1
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From the GUARDIAN: Indies ebook sales booming in the UK
http://www.theguardian.com/books/201...8m-titles-300m

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Self-published books' share of the UK market grew by 79% in 2013, with 18m self-published books bought by UK readers last year, according to new statistics.

With print sales falling by 10% last year, and book purchasing as a whole down 4%, ebook sales continue to grow, according to Nielsen's comprehensive tracking of book purchases, up 20% in the UK in 2013, with 80m ebooks bought by UK consumers, to a value of £300m. But it is the DIY market which is showing the most eye-watering growth, up 79% to 18m self-published titles purchased, worth £59m, according to the statistics released on Friday.
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With a caveat on the methodology: the numbers quoted are almost certainly low because a whole lot of indiepubs don't bother to get ISBN numbers. (They're not needed to get on Amazon or other vendors or distributors.)
And a fair amount of small or even medium "publishing houses" are actually indies working as LLCs.
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Always enjoy seeing that eBooks are taking off all over!
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