Ebook Vs Physical Book Sales

Sales of physical books increased 4 in the uk last year while ebook sales shrank by the same amount.

Ebook vs physical book sales. Buying ebooks instantly chops off the 50 percent surcharge that amazon slaps on my credit card to cover the cost of shipping physical books thousands of miles from the us to taiwan where i live. According to the new york times e book sales have been falling in 2015 print. It might seem that most everyone reads e books on their tablet these days but surprisingly sales of digital books are down.

One s weaknesses are often the other s strengths and vice versa. Sales figures are regularly analysed for the relative trends. Are to people under the age of 44 while 52 of e book sales are to those over 45 according to nielsen.

Though e book readers have become a more common sight around town traditional books still have their evangelists. For avid readers holding a book in hand the smell of the paper nice binding and flipping through pages is a beautiful feeling which lacks in a digital device. 7 reasons printed books are better than ebooks.

The feel of paper. Sixty three percent of physical book sales in the u k. Physical books and ebooks both have their own unique strengths and weaknesses.

Compare that to 800 million in 2017. 1 june 2018 library policy. E book sales have slipped by 3 9 percent so far this year according to data from the association of american publishers while hardback and paperback book sales grew by 6 2 percent and 2 2.

Recent statistics show that e books brought in 771 million in the us market between january and september 2018. For some people this is a very important factor. In 2015 the publishers association found that digital content sales had fallen from 563m in 2014 to 554m while physical book sales had increased from 2 74bn to 2 76bn.