They’re reporting that they saw 175% more revenue in November through January than they did in the previous 12 months combined. That’s over 10 times as much revenue when expanded to cover a year. Of course, we don’t know what it was before, so the wow factor is dependent on that older number. This shouldn’t [...]
Entries Tagged as 'months'
LibreDigital distributed more magazines in the last 3 months than they did the 12 months before
March 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
B&N boast 650 thousand digital magazines sold in the past 2 months
January 24th, 2011 · 3 Comments · press release
From the press release: Barnes & Noble is experiencing robust NOOKnewsstand (www.NOOKnewsstand.com) sales since it brought touch and full, rich color to a wide array of digital magazines and leading newspapers when it began shipping NOOKcolor, the first full-color touch Reader’s Tablet. The company announced digital periodical sales are exceeding expectations with more than 650,000 [...]
12% of college students bought ebooks in the last 3 months
November 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · surveys & polls
The NACS (National Association of College Stores) sent out a survey on 5 October to college students, and it received 627 replies. There are a number of interesting data points in the report. For example, 8% of respondents own an e-reader and 59% aren’t going to buy one in the next 6 months. Interesting. This [...]
100k e-readers sold in the Netherlands in the last 12 months
September 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news
Bol.com are about to celebrate the 1st anniversary of their ebookstore, and they are surprised at how fast it has grown. Ebooks now make up 5% of their total book sales. “We estimate in the last 12 months 100,000 e-readers were sold in the Netherlands. Compare that to the iPhone, which in the past three [...]
12 months of learnings about ebooks in 40 minutes
April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
Michael Tamblyn of Kobo Books just posted his presentation from BookNet Canada’s Technology Forum 2010. It’s about 40 minutes long, so you might want to bookmark it and come back. It’s also packed with info, so I wouldn’t try to listen to it while doing something else.
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