NPD Bookscan posted a headline report on book sales for the first half of 2017, with the trends of the last couple of years continuing: Print sales continue to rise modestly, through online and book-focused stores, pretty much balanced out by declines in ebook sales. Through outlets tracked by NPD Bookscan, print book sales for the first 6 months of 2017 were 311 million units, up 2.6 percent from 303 million in 2016. Their retail and club channel, dominated by Amazon and chain bookstores, was up 4 percent, as mass merchandisers and others continued to fall, down 8 percent. eBook […]
