ebook sales

EU Finally Allows For Lower VAT on eBooks

2 October, 2018 // 4 Comments

So six years after EU members were punished for lowering the tax they collect on the sale of an ebook in violation of EU rules, the European Union decided that this wasn't such a terrible idea after [Read More ...]

Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Grew in August 2018 While the Per-Page Rate Didn’t Change

20 September, 2018 // 3 Comments

Amazon announced on Friday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew to $23.3 million in August (plus bonuses), up from $23.1 million in July 2018. At the same time the per-page rate royalty [Read More ...]

German eBook Market Estimated to Exceed 100 Million Euros in First Half of 2018

16 August, 2018 // 3 Comments

GfK Entertainment and the German publishing trade group Boersenverein have released their estimates for the German ebook market in the first half of the year. The projections are based on a GfK [Read More ...]

Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Grew in July 2018 While the Per-Page Rate Fell

15 August, 2018 // 1 Comment

Amazon announced on Wednesday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew to $23.1 million in July (plus bonuses), up from $22.6 million in June 2018. At the same time the per-page rate royalty [Read More ...]

Publisher eBook Revenues Fell 3% in First Four Months of 2018

27 July, 2018 // 3 Comments

Publisher ebook revenue continued to decline in the first third of this year, while trade revenues fluctuated upwards, increasing by 7.3% over the same period in 2017. Same song, different verse. [Read More ...]

AAP Estimates US Book Publishing Industry Generated $26 Billion in Revenue Last Year

21 July, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Association of American Publishers released its annual StatShot estimate on Friday. You can buy the report from the AAP, or find the press release below. There isn't much detail in the public [Read More ...]

Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool, Per-Page Rate, Rose Slightly in June 2018

16 July, 2018 // 0 Comments

Amazon announced on Monday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool totaled $22.6 million in June (plus bonuses), up from $22.5 million in May 2018. At the same time the per-page rate royalty rose to [Read More ...]

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Division Generated $111 Million Last Year, and Employs 57 People

21 June, 2018 // 8 Comments

B&N's once mighty ebook division has fallen on hard times. What at one point was a billion dollar a year business has now shrunk to the point that there are digital publishing startups that have [Read More ...]

Around Half of SF&F Sales Are No Longer Being Tracked

18 June, 2018 // 9 Comments

In 2016 I showed you how the print market for romance, SF&F, and thriller genres was either dead or dying due to the fact that over half of each genre's unit sales had gone digital. The latest [Read More ...]

Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Rose in May 2018

17 June, 2018 // 1 Comment

In spite of cheats like Chance Carter, the third largest ebook market in the world continued to expand in May 2018. Amazon announced on Friday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool total $22.5 [Read More ...]

AAP Reports Trade Revenues Up 6.3%, eBook Revenues Down 3.2% in First Quarter

28 May, 2018 // 0 Comments

The American Association of Publishers reported a surprising jump in trade revenues on Friday. Overall revenues rose 6.2% ($143.2 million) while trade revenues were up 6.2%, to $1.59 billion. In [Read More ...]

AAP: Publisher eBook Sales Fell almost 5% in 2017

9 May, 2018 // 3 Comments

The Association of American Publishers has released its end of year revenue report for the legacy publishing industry. As expected, trade revenues were essentially flat (a 1.3% increase), while ebook [Read More ...]

Publisher eBook Sales Fell 10% in 2017

25 April, 2018 // 8 Comments

NPD reported on Wednesday what everyone already knew from the past few years of AAP monthly revenue reports: publisher ebook sales are down. From PW: Unit sales of traditionally published e-books [Read More ...]

Kobo Content Sales Up 60% in 4th Quarter 2017 – Mostly Due to Tolino

19 April, 2018 // 11 Comments

It turns out Kobo has a lot in common with the major trade publishers; in both cases, much if not all of their growth comes from acquisitions rather than growing sales. According to Rakuten's [Read More ...]

Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate Dips in March 2018 as the Funding Pool Increases

15 April, 2018 // 3 Comments

While the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew by 5% in March 2018, the per-page royalty did not. Amazon announced on Friday that the funding pool increased to $21 million in March, up from $20 million [Read More ...]

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