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Entries Tagged as 'report'
O’Reilly report ebooks 88% of sales
February 24th, 2011 · 2 Comments · ebookstore news
O’Reilly have been running a series of posts lately on their blog about the state of the computer book market, and yesterday they wrapped up the series with some sales figures. Yep, 88% of unit sales came from ebooks in 2010, and 79% of income ($). The rest of the series is worth reading, and [...]
B&N report income up for last quarter
February 23rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Barnes & Nobel released some financial data yesterday for their most recent fiscal quarter, which ended on 29 January 2011. Income was up 7% last quarter across the company, with brick and mortar stores showing an average increase of 7.3%. Online sales were a spectacular success and increased 64% over the same quarter a year [...]
Wattpad report record numbers for December
January 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Interesting. This is similar to the traffic pattern reported by the ebookstores reported a couple weeks ago. From the press release: Wattpad is reporting a record December, seeing a 20 percent growth over November’s traffic and 300 percent more visitors when compared to the previous year. This reading spike resulted in many novels crossing the [...]
Overdrive report ebook checkouts at libraries up 200 percent in 2010
January 6th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Libraries and schools worldwide were at the forefront of the eBook boom in 2010, as patrons and students downloaded millions of digital books for iPhone®, Android™, Sony® Reader, NOOK™, and personal computers. More than one million new users signed on to access free eBooks, audiobooks, and more from ‘Virtual Branch’ websites [...]
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Kobo reports best Christmas season ever
December 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments · ebookstore news
Of course, they didn’t have a Christmas season last year, but that’s beside the point. Earlier today I was snide about Hanvon’s announcement that they’d achieved 1 million users. Look at the following Kobo announcement and you’ll understand why. From the press release: Kobo, the only pure-play global eReading service built on an open platform, [...]
States Redefine Textbooks to Include Digital Format, Simba Report Finds
December 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · press release
I have the press release here, and if you want the full report it will cost you $1300. From the press release: In an effort to increase student engagement with content while decreasing spending on textbooks, adoption state review boards are incorporating digital programs into their strategy. According to “2010 National Textbook Adoption Scorecard and 2011 [...]
Tags:digital·finds·format·include·redefine·report·simba·states·textbooks
Wattpad release Q3 traffic report
November 29th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Watpad have released the Metrics Report for the third quarter 2010. This report analyzes the amount of traffic their site received over the last 3 months. It’s 12 pages long and only slightly denser than a powerpoint, so I’d say it’s worth a read. You can download it here. Here are the highlights: In mobile [...]
Wattpad site traffic report released
August 26th, 2010 · No Comments · surveys & polls
Watpad have released the Metrics Report for the second quarter 2010.This report analyzes the amount of traffic their site received over the last 3 months. It’s 8 pages long and only slightly denser than a powerpoint, so I’d say it’s worth a read. You can download it here. Here are the highlights: Usage of Apple [...]
B&N released their 1Q finance report today
August 24th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: B&N today reported sales and earnings for its fiscal 2011 first quarter ended July 31, 2010. The company also announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share payable on September 30, 2010 to stockholders of record on September 9, 2010. … FIRST QUARTER [...]
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