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Nook Adds Google Apps; Has Sold 10 Million Devices

by on May 3, 2013 in Apps/iOS, eNews, eReaders, Features/Offers, Sales

After more disappointing device sales over the 2012 holidays, Barnes & Noble ceo William Lynch promised investors "we're not going to continue doing what we're doing; we're doing to adjust quickly." At the time, Lynch also noted the company had concluded that "larger technology brands have more resonance in that…

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eNews: Bug in Amazon's Latest iOS App Update Erases Users' Libraries; Free Kindle Book Affiliate Sites Get Crackdown

by on February 27, 2013 in Apps/iOS, eNews, Sales

Amazon has warned users not to download the latest version of its iOS Kindle app because of a bug that deletes existing libraries from your device and can "deregister" the user. The iTunes page now includes a note that says, "There is a known issue with this update. If you…

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September Sales Rose Modestly As eBook Percentage Dropped Again (And K-12 Suffered)

by on January 25, 2013 in eNews, Free, Industry Statistics, Sales

The AAP released their monthly StatShot report for September 2012, with data from close to 1200 publishers, and as they state, it "reflects the trends we've seen all year: continued publishing growth overall with significant increases in children's/young adult (especially eBook format) and slight erosion in religion publishing." For September,…

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Sizing the UK eBook Market

by on January 18, 2013 in eNews, Industry Statistics, International News, Sales

The Bookseller obtained 2012 unit sale data on ebooks from six of the UK's largest publishers, leading them to postulate that the total British ebook market comprised £235 million in publisher sales last year. (If their estimate is correct, it would mean that the top publishers have a much smaller…

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Kids Retain Strong Preference for Print, As Influence of Online Bookstores and Friends Rises

by on January 15, 2013 in Children's, Children's, eNews, Sales

Bookigee founder Kristen McLean and Bowker executive Carl Kulo kicked off this morning's Publishers Launch conference Children's Publishing Goes Digital with updated data findings from fall 2012, the latest installment in their ongoing analysis of the purchase and discovery of children's books. McLean underscored the overall stability of the children's…

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ABA Sales Softened In Second Half; UK eSales Still Lag US Considerably

by on January 11, 2013 in Bookstores, eNews, Industry Statistics, International News, Sales

As a group, ABA bookstores had a good year in 2012--but what's implied in this BTW story is more significant than the stated statistics, ratifying our "story we can't report" from yesterday. The ABA provides another indication that, despite happy anecdotal holiday sales reports,holiday book sales were soft, providing a…

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More On the Story We Can't Report

by on January 10, 2013 in ebookstores, eNews, Sales

Despite a peppy press release from Random House UK declaring "a digital Christmas for all the family" and a story echoing that theme in the Bookseller, we're still struck by the holiday story that no one is reporting: The significant post-holiday ebook sales burst that has lifted the step-level of…

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August AAP Sales Rise, As eBooks Continue to Moderate

by on December 3, 2012 in eNews, Sales, Statistics, Uncategorized

The AAP reported sales for August from the nearly 1,200 publishers they track, with overall trade sales of $562.1 million up 10.4 percent versus $509.1 million. This time both adult and children's sales rose, and both sectors had higher shipments as well. In adult books, the growth came from trade…

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News Corp. Said to "Express Interest" In Acquiring Simon & Schuster

by on November 20, 2012 in Finance, Sales

After expressing at least theoretical interest in bidding for Penguin when that merger deal was all but finalized, News Corp. has reportedly moved to the next most likely potential target: Simon & Schuster. The WSJ, which often has a good line on parent company News Corp.'s strategy, is clear in…

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As In June, Trade Paperbacks and eBooks Carry the Trade

by on November 1, 2012 in eNews, Industry Statistics, Sales

The AAP reported sales for July from the nearly 1,200 publishers they track. Overall net trade sales of $522.5 million were up 12 percent, with all of the gains and then some coming from trade paperbacks and adult--very adult--ebooks, still led by the remarkable 50 Shades trilogy. July's trade total…

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