Green line: % of people who read e-books daily/weekly
Blue line: % ebooks purchased (estimate)
I took away a few things from this:
- First, as I've been saying for ages now there was a dramatic shift in ebook sales for Nov and the "good times" continued through about March where sales stabilized rather than increase dramatically month to month. I saw this first in my husband's Riyria Revelations sales, which went from 1,000 sales per month in September to 10,000 a month for Nov-Feb. November was the first month that most of the "top selling" indies saw their first significant increase in sales including: Hocking, Locke, and Konrath
- Second, in 2009 ebooks had not crossed over to the mainstream in anyway and for most of 2009 (including the X-mas season) remained relatively flat
- Third, April - June seems relatively level at about 13% - I suspect when we get this data next year it will show relatively flat until about October in which case I think we'll see similar rises as last Xmas season.
The report also reported that ebook sales in Q1 2011 showed 13% of total book sales (based on Bowker Pub-Track's survey of 6,000 US book buyers.
3 comments:
The delta in the graph is in line with the ebook sales delta (in dollars)! While I suspect there is a wee bit more growth that isn't centered around the holidays, it will be a seasonal transition.
Is the industry ready for what will happen over the next 30 months?
Neil
Thank you for the great chart. I need to see things like that to keep the time-line in perspective.
I'm looking forward to this winter season. I've got 2 books (might have a 3rd) and 4 short stories already on sale.
I'm hoping to sell enough books to break even on my expenses. This is supposed to be a business, but I'm still in the 'expensive hobby' stage.
Neil - I heard there were 10 million Kindles going out this year. 4 million to the UK. Haven't heard about the Nook yet, but I'm talking to friends who want one REALLY bad!
This winter promises to be a big leap upwards from Niche Market closer to Main Stream.
I'm thrilled to be a part of it.
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