US Music market share by volume, by genre. Lessons for book publishers
So what happened between 2015-2016 that recalibrated the US music industry and convinced American...
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Category: Ebooks
H1 ebook revenue down says AAP as it omits well over a quarter billion dollars in uncounted ebook spend
The Kindle Unlimited pot pay-out for self-published authors’ ebooks is on target to exceed...
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Uncounted by Circana Bookscan or the AAP, ebook subscription service Kindle Unlimited paid out $278.2 million in royalties in H1 2023 (up 10.7%), mostly to self-publishers
Until the industry acknowledged these uncounted additional revenue and unit numbers, the picture...
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What’s that? You have $3,660 sitting there gathering dust and don’t know what best to waste it on? I’ve just the thing.
Plus this superb value pie chart, presumably with actual (if still made-up) numbers once you hand...
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“ISBN hyperinflation” and “arteriosclerosis of distribution channels.” Richard Charkin at large
Which reader is so poorly educated that they might be confused by the fact that there are a lot of...
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April US publishing numbers tell a selective story
In April the pot pay-out to indie authors and small presses for ebooks downloaded via the Kindle...
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UK publishing’s “record year”. But whatever you do, don’t mention the e-word
Shhhh! Don’t say the e-word! The e-word is the PA’s very own Voldemort, its very own...
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UK – Digital publisher Bookouture has “more than trebled in turnover over the past five years”
No matter how much we’re told ebooks are yesterday’s news, the format just keeps on...
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HarperCollins adds “high-demand” titles to OverDrive Max
OverDrive Max is the fastest growing of OverDrive’s six access models due to its increased...
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Kobo Plus expansion into US and UK is another much-needed nail in the coffin of the unlimited-subscription-is-over brigade
Publishers not wishing to add weight to Amazon’s dominance of the book markets by supporting...
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Romania – digital book market to reach $11 million / 10% market share by 2025
Audiobook & e-book streaming platform Voxa, launched in late 2021, clocked 160,000 subscribers...
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Amazon’s dismantling of its books operations continues. Book Depository will close this month. What will be next?
Here’s the thing: Publishers have for decades allowed Amazon to so dominate the market that...
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