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THE CHANGING MIX OF WHAT SELLS
IN PRINT: HOW EBOOKS HAVE
CHANGED THE PRINT BOOK
MARKETPLACE
JONATHAN NOWELL
NIELSEN BOOK PRESIDENT
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Quarterly ebook sales by genre
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
2010Q1
2010Q2
2010Q3
2010Q4
2011Q1
2011Q2
2011Q3
2011Q4
2012Q1
2012Q2
2012Q3
2012Q4
2013Q1
2013Q2
2013Q3
2013Q4
2014Q1
2014Q2
2014Q3
Millions
Religious Fiction
Bibles
Juvenile Non-Fiction
Other
Religion Non-Fiction
Juvenile Fiction
Non-Fiction
Fiction
US EBOOKS BY BROAD SECTOR
In latest quarter, adult fiction accounts for 65% of ebook sales
PubTrack Digital US
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Adult Fiction by category, volume sales
0
50
100
150
200
250
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Millions
Western
Action Adventure
Occult/Psychological/Horror
Science Fiction
Religion
Fantasy
Classics
Graphic Novels
Mystery/Detective
Suspense/Thrillers
Romance
General Fiction
LONG TERM CHANGE IN US FICTION
Comparing Fiction in print in the pre- and post-ebook world
Nielsen BookScan
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US volume sales, adult fiction
THREE MAINSTAY FICTION AUTHORS
Have ebooks affected their print sales?
Nielsen BookScan/PubTrack Digital US
Aggregated unit data for three mainstay – (consistent annual output over the long
term).
“Pre-ebook” print
3 years 2008 – 2010
“Post-ebook” print
3 years 2012 – 2014
“ebook”
3 years 2012 – 2014
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Adult Non-Fiction by category, volume sales
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Millions
House & Home/Gardening
Computers
Humor
Art/Architecture/Design/Photography
Travel
Performing Arts
Crafts/Hobbies/Antiques/Games
Self Help
History/Law/Political Science
Cooking/Entertaining
Business/Economics
Health/Fitness/Medicine/Sports
Biography/Autobiography/Memoir
General Non-Fiction
Reference
Religion/Bibles
DECLINE IN US NON-FICTION LED BY REFERENCE
Market decline pre-dates ebook transition
Nielsen BookScan
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All Juvenile by category, volume sales
IN SPITE OF POST-2009 DIP, JUVENILE SALES UP!
2014 had highest reported sales since records began
Nielsen BookScan
0
50
100
150
200
250
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Millions
Social Situations/Family/Health (NF)
Concepts (NF)
Holidays/Festivals/Religion (NF)
Biographies/Autobiographies
Animals (NF)
Education/Reference/Language
Holidays/Festivals/Religion
Concepts
Animals
Classics
History/Sports/People/Places (NF)
Games/Activities/Hobbies
History/Sports/People/Places
Social Situations/Family/Health
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Magic
General
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JUVENILE FICTION
Nielsen BookScan
38%
17%
14%8%
8%
5%
4% 6%
2004
General
Science
Fiction/Fantasy/Magic
Social
Situations/Family/Health
History/Sports/People/Plac
es
Classics
Animals
Concepts
Holidays/Festivals/Religion
30%
29%
16%
7%
7%
4% 3%
4%
2009
General
Science
Fiction/Fantasy/Magic
Social
Situations/Family/Health
History/Sports/People/Pla
ces
Classics
Animals
Concepts
Holidays/Festivals/Religion
30%
26%
16%8%
5%
5%
5%
5% 2014
General
Science
Fiction/Fantasy/Magic
Social
Situations/Family/Health
History/Sports/People/Place
s
Classics
Animals
Concepts
Holidays/Festivals/Religion
109 million
177 million
163 million
2014 sales were up
62% on 2004, 8% on
2009 and 12% on 2013.