This timeline shows the sales figures for books of U.S. electronic shopping and mail-order houses since 2003. In 2017, the value of e-commerce sales for books and magazines was around 15.9 billion U.S. dollars, up from 13.8 billion U.S. dollars in 2016. Sales also included audio books and e-books.
U.S. online shop and mail-order sales of books from 2003 to 2017
(in million U.S. dollars)
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US Census Bureau. (April 11, 2019). U.S. online shop and mail-order sales of books from 2003 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 27, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185431/us-online-shops-and-mail-order-houses-sales-figures-for-books-and-magazines/
US Census Bureau. "U.S. online shop and mail-order sales of books from 2003 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 11, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 27, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185431/us-online-shops-and-mail-order-houses-sales-figures-for-books-and-magazines/
US Census Bureau. (2019). U.S. online shop and mail-order sales of books from 2003 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 27, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185431/us-online-shops-and-mail-order-houses-sales-figures-for-books-and-magazines/
US Census Bureau. "U.S. Online Shop and Mail-order Sales of Books from 2003 to 2017 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185431/us-online-shops-and-mail-order-houses-sales-figures-for-books-and-magazines/
US Census Bureau, U.S. online shop and mail-order sales of books from 2003 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185431/us-online-shops-and-mail-order-houses-sales-figures-for-books-and-magazines/ (last visited February 27, 2020)
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