27 Friday May 2011
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The publisher of the Harry Potter books has recorded a massive jump in the sales of e-books.
Bloomsbury reports it sold 1-point-1 million pounds’ worth of electronic literature in the first three months of this year.
That’s compared to 1-point-5 million for the whole of 2010.
The majority of those sales were in America but the company says demand is increasing in the UK.
04 Wednesday May 2011
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Sales of digital books in the UK are have quadrupled.
That’s according to new figures out from the Publishers Association.
Last year sales increased from four million pounds to sixteen million pounds.
Despite the big rise the sales still remain a small percentage of total book sales in the UK, which was just over three billion pounds.
19 Tuesday Apr 2011
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Around 55 million pounds worth of ebooks were sold in America in February that compares with just under 50 million pounds for traditional books.
Experts suggest ebooks may soon start outselling their rivals in the UK soon, at the moment they account for just five per-cent of the market.
Author Denny Bradbury says “the figures from the States are interesting, but feels many people will still opt for traditional old style book as they offer a different experience from the digital one .”
Denny Bradbury Books 