EBooks and eReader sales are quickly growing worldwide. How does that affect the Publishing industry, and how should you tailor your book for tomorrow’s market?
Social Media Chimps has a great breakdown and fantastic info graphic on what that means for you. They say:
“Over the last few years eBook sales have continued to grow, while print books have seen a gradual decline. Despite the negative growth, print still make up a large portion of sales.
In 2008, eBook sales only made up 1.7% of book sales, for a total of about $61.4 million, while print took in $5.158 billion in sales. By 2010, eBooks accounted for 8.32% of sales and brought in $441.3 million. The sale of print books declined to $4.864 billion in sales…”
In otherwords, eBook sales grew 700% in just two years! To see how that impacts you, see their full article here.