New Study on Kids' Reading in the Digital Age: the Number of Kids Reading eBooks Has Nearly Doubled Since 2010 | Scholastic Media Room Contacts: Kyle Good Scholastic 212-343-4563 kgood@scholastic.com Sara Sinek Scholastic 212-343-6899 ssinek@scholastic.com Follow @Scholastic on Twitter for live data reveal today, Jan. 14 at 11 am (EST) #KFRR Overwhelmingly children who read ebooks still read primarily print books for fun; Half of parents say their child does not spend enough time reading books that are not assigned for school NEW YORK, January 14, 2013 — In the fourth edition of the Kids & Family Reading Report™ , a national survey released today, kids age 6-17 and their parents share their views on reading in the increasingly digital landscape and the influences that impact kids’ reading frequency and attitudes toward reading. The study, a biannual report from Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, and the Harrison Group, a leading marketing and strategic research consulting firm, reports that: Additional findings of note include:
The Bestselling E-books of 2012 All the publishers that shared digital information were houses that rack up enough print sales to compete in the bestseller race. And while we estimate that we have more than 1,000 e-books with sales of 25,000+, we know this does not reflect all e-book sales in the book industry. Still, a look at this quantity underscores that the book business is quickly moving to digital. Also, it is clear where backlist sales have gone. In almost all instances, unit sales for print books are still ahead of e-book sales, but the gap is starting to narrow. We've also compiled a list of the top-selling children's and young adult e-books of 2012, led by the powerhouse Hunger Games trilogy, which sold a combined 12.7 million e-books. In PW’s call for information we mistakenly asked for e-books that have sold more than 25,000 copies in 2012 without explaining that we were only collecting titles published in 2011 and 2012 or those titles that are still on PW’s weekly print charts. 15 Million+ for All Three
Τα καλύτερα βιβλία σε πωλήσεις το 2012, Βιβλιοπωλείο "Δοκιμάκης" 1 Πενήντα αποχρώσεις του γκρι E.L. Ελληνικά Ebooks | Ηλεκτρονικά Βιβλία | Myebooks.gr How to (Really) Make $1,000,000 Selling E-Books – Real-World Case Studies Who will be the JK Rowling of self-publishing? Better still: who will be the legions who make an extra $1,000-$1,000,000 per year? (Photo: The Telegraph, UK) This is a guest post by Ryan Buckley and the team at Scripted. I have added my own tools and recommendations after “TIM” throughout the piece. Enter Ryan Buckley and Team Barry Eisler writes thrillers about a half-Japanese, half-American freelance assassin named John Rain. Having conquered all that needs to be conquered in the world of commercial publishing, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Eisler’s publisher offered him $500,000 deal for a new two-book deal. The surprise was that Eisler turned down the deal and decided to tackle self-publishing instead. “I know it’ll seem crazy to a lot of people, but based on what’s happening in the industry, and based on the kind of experience writers like you are having in self-publishing, I think I can do better in the long term on my own.” Why eBooks, Why Now? – Don’t go niche-hopping. 1. 2.
How Many Copies Does It Take To Be an Amazon Bestseller? Amazon, the biggest bookseller in America, is also famously one of the most tight-lipped. Sales rankings are available on the Web site and are updated hourly, but the company doesn’t provide information on how many unit sales it takes to make a title an Amazon bestseller. Like everyone else, PW couldn’t get sales numbers from Amazon, but by studying the print bestseller list for a two-week period, we were able to determine that a title in Amazon’s top five averages 1,094 print copies sold across all channels, including other retailers, on a typical day. And because the general industry thinking is that Amazon accounts for about 30% of print sales, that means it likely takes around 300 copies per day to reach Amazon’s top five, depending on the day of the week and the time of year. How was PW able to get this number? 'Zelda' Print Sales and Amazon Ranking