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E-Book Revenue Continues Growth Across Trade in March, Children’s Still Surging
By Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World, @JDGsaidE-book revenue in March across adult, children and young adult and religious titles was up nearly 50% as digital publishing...
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Children’s Digital Continues to Surge as Overall E-Book Growth Slows in May
Children’s e-book revenues continued to surge in the Spring even as overall e-book growth was slowing, according to the most recent data on U.S. trade publishing sales from the Association of American...
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Librarian Patience Has Run out on E-Book Lending Issues, Library Association...
Patience has run out for librarians around the unsolved issue of e-book lending at libraries, according to American Library Association president Maureen Sullivan.Speaking at a private gathering of...
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Children’s E-Books Surge in First Half of 2012, Paperback Sales Sag
Sales of children’s e-books made huge strides in the first half of the year even as growth in adult trade e-books slowed, according to the latest publishing sales numbers from the Association of...
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Children’s Ebooks up 89% in July, Adult up 48%
Growth in children’s ebook publishing revenues in the U.S. showed signs of slowing from a stupendous rate earlier in the year, perhaps affected by the Hunger Games ebook sales tapering off. Adult trade...
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New Survey Supports That Ebook Borrowers Buy, Too
See the future of ebook library lending unfold at Digital Book World 2013 in January in New York — there is an entire track on ebooks and libraries. Early bird deadline for the lowest rates ends Nov....
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Ebook Growth Continues Slowdown Through August 2012, Children’s up ‘Only’...
Ebook growth continued to slow slightly across the book trade in August as children’s ebooks retreated from an early year surge that saw the segment up in triple digits. Children’s ebook sales only...
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Adult Trade Ebook Growth Increases 41% in Oct. to $103.7 Million
The trend of more moderate growth for ebooks in the U.S. in 2012 abated slightly in Oct. as sales of adult trade ebooks were up 41% versus the same period last year — more than the 30.7% growth ebooks...
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Ebook Growth Slows for Adult Trade to 21% in Nov.
Sales of adult trade ebooks continued to slow in Nov. 2012, according to new numbers from the Association of American Publishers.Ebook sales were up 20.7% in Nov. 2012 for adult trade books versus Nov....
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Ebooks Account for 23% of Publisher Revenue in 2012, Even as Growth Levels
The books are closed on 2012, so to speak, when it comes to tracking book sales; and ebooks made big gains, according to the latest data from the Association of American Publishers. At the same time,...
View ArticleShindig to Broadcast DBW, AAP and Workman Women in Publishing Careers Panel
Just two days after announcing Women in Book Publishing: Career Opportunities, Challenges and Advice, a cocktail networking event and panel discussion hosted by Digital Book World, the AAP’s Young to...
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Ebook Revenue Growth Stalling Out? Ebooks Flat in January
Has the meteoric rise in the growth of ebooks started to stall?Continuing a trend started in the middle of 2012, ebook revenue gains continue to slow in early 2013. In January, the latest month for...
View ArticleEbook Revenues Rising Abroad For American Publishers
Ebook revenues for American publishers selling the digital content abroad are rising — both in aggregate and as a percentage of overall international book publishing revenues.According to the latest...
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Ebooks up Modestly in First Quarter 2013
Ebook revenue growth in the U.S. has slowed in 2013 afters years of double- and triple-digit gains.Ebook revenues for trade publishing grew 5% in the first quarter of 2013 to $393.6 million as measured...
View ArticleAAP Supports Ambitious EPUB3 Plan
While retailers like Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple seem set on an ebook strategy involving custom file formats essentially creating “walled gardens” where readers can buy and read books but have...
View ArticleWhy Publishers Are Making a Push for EPUB3 Now
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) announced a major initiative to accelerate adoption of EPUB3 earlier this week. This latest version of EPUB, the widely used open standard format for...
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Children’s Ebook Revenue Nosedive Drags Down Trade in 2013
A sharp decline in revenue generated by children’s ebook publishing is dragging down overall results for trade publishing in 2013, according to the latest numbers from the Association of American...
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Trade Revenues Sag Under Weight of Absent Titles
Graphic by Todd Goldstein. Wondering why ebook growth in 2013 seems so sluggish after years of explosive gains? Blame books that aren’t there. So far in 2013, there hasn’t been a title or series to...
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Trade Ebook Revenue Growth Continues to Slow Through First Half of 2013
Revenue growth for adult trade ebooks is continuing to slow down through the first half of this year. For January through June, adult trade ebook revenue was $647.7 million, up 4.8% from $618 million a...
View ArticleAdult Ebooks up Slightly in 2013 Through August, Hardocovers up Double-Digits
In a reversal of trends in recent years, ebook growth is basically flat in the U.S. while hardcover books are selling much better this year than last. According to the latest numbers from the...
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