eBooks Statistics and Trends

E-book Sales: First-half 2010 Sales Top Previous Years' Year-end Figures

Year-to-date sales (through June) of U.S. trade e-books sold through wholesale channels show an increase of more than 204 percent (totaling $179.7 million) over sales through June 2009, according to recently released statistics from the Association of American Publishers (AAP), compiled in conjunction with the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). Sales for the first half of 2010 exceed total-year sales for any previous year for which trade e-book sales statistics were recorded.