eBooks Outsell Hardbound for the First Time

Wed, Jun 20, 2012

In the first quarter of 2012, adult eBooks outsold hardcover books for the first time ever. According to the Association of American Publishers, total eBook net sales revenue for 2011 was $21.5 million, a gain of 332.6% over 2010; this represents 3.4 million eBook units sold in 2011, up 303.3 %. As comparison, print formats (Hardcover, Paperback and Mass Market Paperback) increased 2.3% to $335.9 million in 2011.

Aren’t you glad you have QuarkXPress to easily produce eBooks? :-)

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Jay Nelson - who has written 1452 posts on Planet Quark.

Jay Nelson is the editorial director of PlanetQuark.com, and the editor and publisher of Design Tools Monthly. He’s also the author of the QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkXPress 7 training titles at Lynda.com, as well as the training videos Quark includes in the box with QuarkXPress 7 . In addition, Jay writes regularly for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines and speaks at industry events.

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