eBook revenues had been up 4.0% for the month in comparison with September 2023 for $90.5 million. 12 months-to-date eBook revenues had been up 3.6% in comparison with the primary 9 months of 2023 for $777.9 million. In prior years, eBook income declined virtually each month, so it’s good to see digital books changing into standard once more.
Digital audiobook gross sales had been up 28.1% in September, reaching $89.7 million in income. Bodily Audio was down 51.1%, at $800 thousand. 12 months-to-date, digital audiobooks had been up 26.9%, reaching $796.9 million in income. Bodily Audio was down 33.0%, at $6.6 million.
By way of bodily paper format revenues throughout September, within the Commerce (Client Books) class, Hardback revenues had been up 3.2%, coming in at $400.1 million; Paperbacks had been down 12.6%, with $263.2 million in income; Mass Market was down 22.1% to $9.1 million; and Particular Bindings had been down 1.0%, with $27.2 million in income.
12 months-to-date hardback revenues had been up 7.2%, coming in at $2.4 billion; Paperbacks had been up 3.5%, with $2.4 billion in income; Mass Market was down 18.5% to $91.0 million; and Particular Bindings had been up 4.7%, with $160.2 million in income.
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the previous fifteen years. Newspapers and web sites such because the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Put up and the New York Instances have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
