Apples ebook market share on the rise, desktop os x. The 2010s were supposed to bring the ebook revolution. To figure out the answers, well have to dive in deep to a lawsuit filed by the department of justice in 2012 against apple newly entered into the ebook market with the advent of the ipad. Ebook market size, share, analysis, 20142024 industry.
Amazon selling more kindle ebooks than print books. Above, according to nielsen, we see how the share of big five publishers has declined by. The wischenbart report 2015 estimates the ebook market share to be 4. In august 2019, the american association of publishers, which represents mostly traditional book publishers, reported that, among. In 2012 amazon rose to have a controlling interest of 65% of the digital.
Uk e book market value sales doubled yearonyear in 2012 rolling. Persistence market research offers a four year trend analysis for 2012 to 2016 and a four year forecast for the global ebook reader market between 2017 and 2020. At the end of the first quarter of 2012, ebook sales in the united states surpassed hardcover book sales for the first time. An ofcom study into consumers digital consumption has found that amazon has a dominant 79% share of the ebook market in the uk. In 20, the digital sales market share amounted to just over 12 percent and is. Nielsen evolving markets and consumer ebook purchasing behavior. For your friday reading pleasure, the latest edition. The global ebook report 2016 publishers forum berlin. Ebook market share 2019 ebooks make up 18% of total book sales. The most popular source of ebook market share data comes from author earnings report now known as bookstat. Us ebook customers to receive compensation in pricefixing lawsuit. Global ereader unit sales by year units sold 2015 20,200,000 2014 25,300,000 20 33,900,000 2012 40,000,000 2011 37,900,000 2010 10,400,000 ereader market share market share. Revenue from ebook sales in the united states from 2008 to 2018 in billion. Kindle share of ebook reading at 55% publishers weekly.
Amazon selling more kindle ebooks than print books bbc news. Ebooks as a proportion of the market hit a high point in 20 of 28%, and overall the us book market has risen at a compound annual growth rate of 2% over five years. A version of this article appeared in the 11052012 issue of publishers weekly under the headline. Amzn report of quarterly earnings last thursday was greeted widely as an indication that the company cant generate sufficient margins with kindle devices and. When looking at the ebook market share in 2019, we saw that the data shifted a bit. The uss top infectious diseases doctor warns senators of the risks. The myth about print coming back updated jane friedman. Ebook market global ebook industry size, share, growth, analysis, research and forecast report, 2014 to 2024 ebook market global ebook market size was valued at usd 15. We saw a very similar dynamic play out for ebooks in 20112012, when accelerating ebook marketshare loss by legacy publishers was masked by the doubledigit yearonyear growth in. Conventional wisdom says that amazon has 65% of the us ebook market. The global ebook report is using actual data, not forecasts, to map the course of developments, tapping into a wide array of sources and backed up by expert interviews and an international team of authors. Brazilians are technology savvy, and that attitude is shared by the.
Most of the numbers look reasonable, like the number of ereaders in the us. The global ebook market accounted for approximately 12. In 2017, ebooks accounted for 19 percent of all book sales in the united states, three percent less than in the previous year. Since 2012, we have been gathering data on how us college students acquire course materials. A study in the us last year by publishers weekly and bowker found that literary fiction outsold all forms of genre fiction, winning 20% of market share.
Traditional publishing ebook sales dropped 10% in 2017. Share post apple s aapl now holds about 20 percent of the u. Nontraditional publishing includes selfpublished titles, small publishers, and amazon imprints. Our annual survey of more than 1,000 students shows steady growth in the textbookrental. Amazon has 79% of ebook market in uk the bookseller.
If you want to sell ebooks, amazon is a dominant firm. The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the ebook market in the us for 20162020. Sales for amazon ebooks through publishdrive jumped by 8%, from. This data is quoted all across the internet and by some of the most legitimate news. Over the years, the book industry has remained a massive, greatly influential global consumer market. Ebooks accounted for 22% of all book spending in the second quarter of 2012, only a one percentage point gain from the first quarter of the. Books are back because amazon likes them financial times. Amazon has an even bigger share of the ebook market than. Amazon positioned for 50% overall market share by end of 2012. Ebooks market share at 22%, amazon has 27% publishers weekly. Us ebook customers to receive compensation in pricefixing. In 2012 amazon rose to have a controlling interest of 65% of the digital book market while nook decreased to 20% and kobo had a meager 8%.
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