Physical Books Are Dead - Long Live Physical Books May 3, 2013 - 7:36am — Blake We can thank digital for much of the gain, of course, with overall digital sales up a whopping 66%, split between e-book sales (up 134%) and digital fiction sales (up 149%). And yes, physical book sales were down, though with a mere 1% dip, only slightly. But what I’m not sure anyone was expecting was this: Total sales of physical books in the fiction genre actually grew by 3%. Take a bow, Fifty Shades of Grey. Read more: http://techland.time.com/2013/05/01/physical-books-are-dead-long-live-physical-books/

Physical Books Are Dead - Long Live Physical Books

We can thank digital for much of the gain, of course, with overall digital sales up a whopping 66%, split between e-book sales (up 134%) and digital fiction sales (up 149%). And yes, physical book sales were down, though with a mere 1% dip, only slightly. But what I’m not sure anyone was expecting was this: Total sales of physical books in the fiction genre actually grew by 3%. Take a bow, Fifty Shades of Grey.


Read more: http://techland.time.com/2013/05/01/physical-books-are-dead-long-live-physical-books/

 Ref: http://lisnews.org/