The State of the Industry: Nielsen’s Stats Compared to Author Earnings’
At DBW, statistics from Nielsen and the Author Earnings reports from Data Guy offer insights into “sales data for 2016.
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US Adult Fiction Is 71 Percent Digital, According to Data Guy
Data Guy of Author Earnings produces quarterly reports highlighting indie sales based on data scraped from Amazon sales pages.
Amazon’s Digital Bestseller List: A Predominance of Amazon’s Own Imprints
Amazon now has 13 imprints and is the largest publisher of works in translation. In 2016, It could release more than 2,000 titles.
When a Big Book Isn’t Necessarily a Big Help to the Market
Summary of market performance in 2016, a year in which there were no major blockbusters.
Closing Image: December 28, 2016
The Data Guy has crunched the print book sales numbers for 2016. The chart lists the data by genre for traditionally published books.
Still No Comprehensive Data on Ebook Sales; Not Much Help, Either
The UK’s Bookseller announced a weekly ebook ranking, but any attempt to track sales data is limited to what data trade publishers will share.
Authors Offer Insight into Their Sales, Or: Audiobooks May Pay Your Bills in the Future
Two authors, one independent and one traditional, shed light on the diversity of formats and product types that contribute to their bottom line.