The most important key figures provide you with a compact summary of the topic of "E-books in the U. In the following 4 chapters, you will quickly find the 21 most important statistics relating to "E-books in the U. Skip to main content Try our corporate solution for free! Single Accounts Corporate Solutions Universities. E-books in the U. Published by Amy Watson , Dec 3, E-book sales in the U. An estimated million e-books were sold in the United States in , demonstrating consistent annual increases since Again, given that numbers from major retailers like Amazon and smaller indie publishers were not provided, it is difficult to build a full picture of the overall number of unit sales, but trends suggest that the figure will continue to rise.
A separate study revealed that the compound annual growth rate of e-book revenue climbed by over 13 percent in the United States between and , a positive sign for the U.
Spanish-language e-book sales revenue is also climbing and reached Revenue grew each year between and except for a small drop in , with the United States ranking among the biggest Spanish-language e-book markets worldwide. Whilst Spain accounted for the majority of global Spanish e-book sales revenue , the United States made up nine percent of the total, the same share as Chile, Argentina, and Colombia combined.
E-book readership Although a survey established that the most popular book format in the United States was still print, e-books ranked second, with 25 percent of respondents preferring them to print or audiobooks.
The share of adults who reported having read an e-book in the last year tends to fluctuate but remained between 20 and 30 percent from onwards, whereas audiobook listening was less common among survey participants. A global report covering the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany revealed that the main e-book purchasing channel was Amazon, with over 60 percent of respondents from each country reporting buying e-books there. The study also found that U.
Data on digital publishing revenue in the United States confirmed that e-books are the healthiest aspect of the industry, far outperforming digital newspapers and magazines in that respect.
Forecasts suggest that e-book publishing revenue could approach seven billion U. Dinosaurdan - well you can't have everything. For my last birthday, my niece gave me several old Bobbsey Twins books. One was published in the very early part of this century and is a real treasure. Kindle will never equal that! Opps, when I said "Nancy Drew Supermysteries" I ment "Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys supermysteries" and I forgot to say that I was talking about the series that lasted 36 books, not the recent supermystery series that is still ongoing.
All of the recent series is available on the kindle, it's the old series that's missing from the Kindle store. Sorry if I confused anyone. Pierre - you are so right about the possibility of the destruction of electronic devices. We are so dependent on them for information and communication. If some entity was to disable the vast electronic web, even for a few day, we'd be in trouble.
However, Amazon has just dramatically lowered the price of Kindle. But the poor have always been left out, the wealthy always have had the advantage. Back in the day, paper and books were so expensive, only the wealthy had easy access. Thanks for the insightful comment. Printed matter could be used anywhere regardless of longitude, latitude and temperature. It is reliable and it is not subject to short term, long term covert or overt mischievous alteration.
The electronics book-e-book is less reliable at best; its information could be wiped out with electromagnetic pulses-EMP in case of an all-out war or during an extraordinary solar flares or disturbances; it is subject to power shortage ,hardware malfunctioning and software glitch and at the mercy of hackers.
The information on it is ephemeral and subject to expiration. Manufacture probably will keep changing the format, compatibility and model in their quest for higher profit.
They will continue to inflate the price of such devices in the newer models as they do for the cellular telephones. They might introduces commercial on them.
It will reach a point, only the riches will be able to buy them. Powerful nations that are in conflict with weaker nations might find ways to disabled such devices or place embargo to their sales to those nations. Smaller nations should not rely on this Trojan horse as mainstream unless they have the capability to manufacture them. The same is true for cell phones. A new technology does not have to ruin an older one, but it does happen.
How many people are farriers these days? Thanks for commenting. Really enjoyed this hub. I feel that there is room in the world for both real books and E-books. I love my ipod, but I still listen to the radio. What I object to is when financial guru's say that the "book store" is dead. I love to go to Barnes and Noble, look around, and have a coffee.
When i buy a e-reader, I will still go to the book store. Alisha - I thought about that too, but I've read that Kindle lends itself to reading outdoors in bright light.
I must actually try one. And migraine? Oh, that's awful. Thank you! I wonder if I should change the statement, but I hate to drop the stupid image of dropping a Kindle or book into a vat of boiling molasses. Thanks for the info! Pamsie, I might be odd for saying this, but I love leaving the protective film on with everything I buy. It feels like new, and it feels like it gets less dirty. Is that really the reason? I guess it will have to come off. Thanks for the help. I'd like to make a correction.
If your kindle gets destroyed for some reason, you will lot lose your ebooks, they are automatically backed up to your Amazon account. Alisha, you get glare? Duchess - I was thinking about going camping and how an ereader would cut down on weight and give you more room.
As long as the battery holds out. I hate that so much of what we buy and use today is battery powered, but ereaders are interesting me more and more. MT - maybe anybody can post a book but that does not mean anyone will actually read it. I am hoping that ereaders do not replace traditional books but that all can exist and be used.
However I'm also resisting this technology because I love looking at a shelf of books I have read or would like to read. I love holding it and not worrying about battery life or wireless connection. I love the feel of and the smell of books. Books are a specific kind of experience for me, where as reading one on an e-reader would just seem like more internet to me. There are some things that are just better without constantly being connected.
Some authors, like Sherman Alexie, refuse to release their books in a digital form, and I could see it happening more. As a writer, I want the publishing companies to still make a profit so we still have a chance to be authors, as opposed to anybody posting a book with no editing or proofreading onto an e-reader.
I have not yet succumbed to my love of e-gadgets to purchase one. But I expect I will ask for one for Christmas.. Personally, I think change always brings about the same types of questions and concerns. A similar path for authors—fewer bookstores, more direct connections with and sales to their readers—suits me just fine. DM : How much of a price advantage are we really talking about, though?
Amazon owes the publishers something, just like a car dealer must pay the auto manufacturer. DM : Sure. What worries me is consolidating the power in the form of a retailer that seems to have a stronghold on the market.
Or, if it keeps its higher price point, find new ways to compete? Maybe interactive, optimized iBooks, like it does with music and the iTunes LP concept? In fact, agency pricing has become the de facto way of selling virtual goods. So, to borrow your argument, why should that be different for ebooks than it is for other types of virtual goods? And for physical books themselves. LF : I feel irked when the Kindle edition of a book costs more than the hardcover version.
But I think history is a telling, reassuring guide here: Music stores still sell vinyl records—even though my kids have absolutely no idea what those big circles do. And speaking of my kids, they actually help keep the real-world book market alive, I think: No parent wants to let his month-old chew on a Kindle.
DM : I agree on hardcover vs.
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