tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post8857348130051969757..comments2024-03-25T21:30:28.970-07:00Comments on <b>Smashwords</b>: The Rise of Ebooks - IDPF Reports Ebook Sales Up 108%Dovetail Public Relationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039664167177159146noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-41421933689647017682017-12-21T01:45:15.887-08:002017-12-21T01:45:15.887-08:00thank you.thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11992794670084367994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-72667224727319759832009-01-26T10:25:00.000-08:002009-01-26T10:25:00.000-08:00Thanks, Mark, very interesting and very good news ...Thanks, Mark, very interesting and very good news then.Arthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00760391166275812132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-25518136822848552522009-01-22T12:26:00.000-08:002009-01-22T12:26:00.000-08:00Hi Arthur, the data came directly to me from the e...Hi Arthur, the data came directly to me from the executive director of the IDPF (we're an IDPF member). They don't break out November-only sales on their site (it's merged with October data), but from the IDPF email, here's what they sent out:<BR/><BR/><I>"Dear IDPF Members,<BR/><BR/>eBook sales statistics for November have been released from the Association of American Publishers (AAP) who collects these statistics in conjunction with the IDPF.<BR/><BR/>Trade eBook sales were $5,100,000 for November 2008, a 108.3% increase over November 2007. Calendar Year to Date Revenue is up 63.8%.<BR/>Just a reminder these are wholesale revenues reported from 13 participating Trade Publishers."</I><BR/><BR/>--snip--<BR/><BR/>You're correct, the AAP and IDPF have not published December data yet.Dovetail Public Relationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039664167177159146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-80954792811216316242009-01-22T11:51:00.000-08:002009-01-22T11:51:00.000-08:00Thanks for reporting on this, Mark. I'd love to be...Thanks for reporting on this, Mark. I'd love to believe these figures (my company does ebook creation and distribution), but I can't see how you got 103% growth for November from the IDPF figures to which you link. (The IDPF stats report per quarter, not month, and don't have December figures yet for Q4 08 as far as I can tell.)<BR/><BR/>Do you have another source, or am I missing something on the IDPF's stats page?<BR/><BR/>I hope I'm just being an idiot; sales figures like this are good for everyone in my line of work.Arthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00760391166275812132noreply@blogger.com