The AAP announced their tabulation of sales for October from reporting publishers. In the closely-watched ebook sales category–where the AAP’s monthly number is the only standing statistic we have to go on, the now 20 reporting publishers recorded sales of $72.8 million, down from $80.3 million in August. (Rizzoli is now among those contributing data.) It’s the lowest monthly ebook total recorded since April, and lower as an absolute comparison since the matching results that month came from just 14 publishers. Seasonably sizable shipments of print books and flat month-to-month ebook sales trends left digital books in fourth place, trailing […]
