Panzer was just tootling around in the Catosphere when the Panzermobile was buffeted and shaken by the sounds of crying and wailing. Our big brave kitty boy followed all the moaning to the
Book Business site. There he found the source was a post about declining ebook sales.
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| Don't worry. It's just a craze. |
According to the post by Ellen Harvey quoting from the Association of American Publishers' annual report, ebook sales comparing 2014 and 2015 are down. While that was happening, print book sales increased for the same time span. So what happened? For one thing, adult coloring books happened. Between the 2014 and 2015 time span is when the adult coloring book craze took off. Adult coloring books have to be printed books, so a jump in print book sales. The post includes charts covering sales revenue and volume as well as genre breakdowns.
Panzer says, "So ... Adult coloring books are responsible for the turn around in print book sales. Humans are such an interesting species."
Note: This is a long post. Bring a glass of milk and two muffins for today's reading selection.
To read the post, tootle over to
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