Comments on: Ebooks made up 23 percent of US publisher sales in 2012, says the AAP http://paidcontent.org/2013/04/11/ebooks-made-up-23-percent-of-us-publisher-sales-in-2012-says-the-aap/ The economics of digital content Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:54:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: nomistic http://paidcontent.org/2013/04/11/ebooks-made-up-23-percent-of-us-publisher-sales-in-2012-says-the-aap/#comment-206158 Sun, 05 May 2013 15:29:40 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=227518#comment-206158 source?

]]> By: Johan Granlund http://paidcontent.org/2013/04/11/ebooks-made-up-23-percent-of-us-publisher-sales-in-2012-says-the-aap/#comment-204384 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 07:17:41 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=227518#comment-204384 For Classics: See Project Gutenberg! Scanned and Proofread out of copyright books.

]]> By: janiejaner http://paidcontent.org/2013/04/11/ebooks-made-up-23-percent-of-us-publisher-sales-in-2012-says-the-aap/#comment-204331 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:41:26 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=227518#comment-204331 @mikecane — you CAN borrow ebooks at public libraries.http://ebooks.nypl.org/901E1362-0973-46F9-B15E-9CF2E77503A2/10/257/en/BrowseeBooks.htm

]]> By: Paula Cappa http://paidcontent.org/2013/04/11/ebooks-made-up-23-percent-of-us-publisher-sales-in-2012-says-the-aap/#comment-204308 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:29:25 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=227518#comment-204308 As much as I love soft and hard cover books (especially the old treasures), this 23% illustrates how handy and convenient ebooks are for the reader; and it’s not just a fleeting trend. Who doesn’t prefer to download a book on a Kindle or Nook right at the moment you want to read it? I’d like to see more of the classics in fiction in ebook format. On my fiction blog I feature classic short stories. People love to download a quick short read, especially if it’s by a famous author like Poe, Lovecraft, Hawthorne, Arthur Conan Doyle. But truthfully, the female classic authors get the highest hits: Mary Shelley, Edith Wharton, Charlotte P. Gilman. More ebooks for classic fiction readers, please! You’ll see this 23% go higher.

]]> By: mikecane http://paidcontent.org/2013/04/11/ebooks-made-up-23-percent-of-us-publisher-sales-in-2012-says-the-aap/#comment-204236 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:25:12 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=227518#comment-204236 >>>suggesting that the industry is maturing.

Of that Americans are growing increasingly poor. If public libraries could loan eBooks the same way they loan print books, I bet the figure would be huge.

And 23%? Anyone still think it’s just a fad?

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