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New data suggest that the reading public is ditching e-books and returning to the old fashioned printed word.
Sales of consumer e-books plunged 17% in the U.K. in 2016, according to the Publishers Association. Sales of physical books and journals went up by 7% over the same period, while children's books surged 16%.
The same trend is on display in the U.S., where e-book sales declined 18.7% over the first nine months of 2016, according to the Association of American Publishers. Paperback sales were up 7.5% over the same period, and hardback sales increased 4.1%.
"The print format is appealing to many and publishers are finding that some genres lend themselves more to print than others and are using them to drive sales of print books," said Phil Stokes, head of PwC's entertainment and media division in the U.K.
Stokes said that children's book have always been more popular in print, for example, and that many people prefer recipe books in hardback format.
Source: http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/27/media/ebooks-sales-real-books/index.html
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 02 2017, @10:44PM (3 children)
I took a trip to the mall, and not only does the mall still exist, but the bookstore sells vinyl records! Amazing!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 02 2017, @11:15PM (2 children)
I couldn'ŧ be happier since I sold my Selecŧric and wenŧ back ŧo ŧhe Remingŧon. I ŧyped ŧhis on carbon paper so I could keep a copy for my files.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 03 2017, @01:47AM (1 child)
Clean your "t" key, please.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 03 2017, @02:26AM
Found the un-hipster!