Borders is Gone

glatt · 07-20-2011, 08:05 AM

What's all this talk about the demise of books? E-book sales are growing at a much faster rate than print sales, but print sales aren't declining. They are increasing.

2010 saw a 5% increase in print book sales from the year before. And the year before saw a 4% increase.

The number of titles available has grown dramatically over the last decade as barriers to publishing are lower.

There is tons of information out there on the statistics of book sales, but a decent summary of recent years is at this book tracking site.

Pete Zicato · 07-20-2011, 09:16 AM

Thanks, Glatt. That's comforting to know.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-23-2011, 12:36 AM

That will change without Oprah.

07-20-2011, 09:16 AM	#2
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Thanks, Glatt. That's comforting to know. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

07-23-2011, 12:36 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That will change without Oprah. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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07-20-2011, 08:05 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	What's all this talk about the demise of books? E-book sales are growing at a much faster rate than print sales, but print sales aren't declining. They are increasing. 2010 saw a 5% increase in print book sales from the year before. And the year before saw a 4% increase. The number of titles available has grown dramatically over the last decade as barriers to publishing are lower. There is tons of information out there on the statistics of book sales, but a decent summary of recent years is at this book tracking site.

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