First summer of ebooks lies ahead

Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 15/07/2011 - 14:37 Publishers are preparing for the first big UK ebook summer with a mix of excitement and anxiety as they look forward to strong digital sales but wait to see the effect on print numbers. Nielsen BookScan’s Top 5,000 figures for the week to 9th July show hardback fiction down 15% year on year and paperbacks down 10%. The drop comes after six-month figures showed a 7% decline for print novels in the first half of the year. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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