E-book sales had their smallest increase of the year in July,
while the adult hardcover segment had one of its strongest months,
according to the AAP’s monthly sales report. E-book sales from 17
reporting publishers rose 105.3% in the month, to $82.6 million. Adult
hardcover sales from 14 reporting publishers rose 33.9% in July, to
$91.2 million. Despite the strong July performance, adult hardcover
sales were down 17.8% for the seven month period, while e-book sales
were up 152.8%, to $560.5 million.
With the exception of adult hardcover, sales were down in all other
print trade segments in July. Downloadable audio had a good month with
sales up 26.7% from 12 reporting publishers to $8.3 million, while sales
of physical audio declined 25.5% to $8.1 million.
*From PW Daily
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