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E-books: unit sales in the U.S. 2017
Unit sales of e-books in the United States in 2016 and 2017 (in millions)
by Amy Watson,
last edited
Nov 19, 2018
The statistic depicts the unit sales of e-books in the United States in 2016 and 2017. According to the source, e-book unit sales hit 162 million in 2017, down from 180 million in 2016.
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by Amy Watson,
last edited
Nov 19, 2018
The statistic depicts the unit sales of e-books in the United States in 2016 and 2017. According to the source, e-book unit sales hit 162 million in 2017, down from 180 million in 2016.
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- 2016 and 2017
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- 450 publishers
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- Number of e-books sold in the United States from 2010 to 2017 (in million units)
- Unit sales of e-books in the United States in 2016 and 2017 (in millions)
- Distribution of trade book sales in the United States from 1st half 2011 to 1st half 2017, by format
- Leading e-book genres in the United States in 2017, by units sold (in millions)
- Digital publishing revenue in the United States from 2016 to 2022, by format (in million U.S. dollars)
- Digital publishing revenue growth in the United States from 2017 to 2022, by format
- Estimated aggregate revenue of book publishers in the United States from 2010 to 2016, by format (in million U.S. dollars)
- Digital publishing average revenue per user (ARPU) in the United States from 2016 to 2022, by format (in U.S. dollars)
- Share of e-book unit sales in the United States in 2017, by publisher category
- Largest self-publishing companies in the United States in 2017, by number of e-books published
- Number of self-published books in the United States from 2008 to 2017, by format
- Book consumption in the United States from 2011 to 2018, by format
- Number of digital publishing product users in the United States from 2016 to 2022, by format (in millions)
- E-book readers in the United States in 2018, by age
- Number of hours spent reading per week by consumers in the United States as of April 2017
- Share of adults who have read an e-book in the last 12 months in the United States from 2011 to 2018
- Key figures on illegal e-book downloads in the United States in 2017
- Distribution of illegal book downloaders in the United States in 2017, by age
- Average number of pirated e-books downloaded per user in the past 12 months in the United States in 2017, by method
- Methods used to acquire e-books over the last 12 months among illegal downloaders in the United States in 2017
- Frequency of downloading illegal e-books in the United States in 2017
- Reasons for downloading illegal e-books from torrent sites in the United States in 2017
- Most popular methods for downloading illegal e-books in the United States in 2017
- Most popular sites for downloading illegal e-books in the United States in 2017
- Most popular genres of illegal e-book downloads in the United States in 2017
- Devices used for reading e-books by consumers in the United States as of April 2017
- Average annual expenditure on digital book readers per consumer unit in the United States from 2011 to 2017 (in U.S. dollars)
- Types of e-reading devices owned by consumers in the United States as of April 2017
- Share of Americans who owned an e-book reader (e.g. Kindle) in the United States in 2018, by income
- Frequency of using e-reading devices among consumers in the United States as of April 2017
- E-Reader brands and products consumers would consider when planning their next purchase in the United States as of April 2017
- E-Reader brands and products consumers are familiar with in the United States as of April 2017
- Number of individual e-books purchased in the last 12 months by consumers in the United States as of April 2017
- Number of individual e-books purchased in the last 12 months by consumers in the United States as of April 2017, by age group
- Most commonly used websites used for purchasing e-books among consumers in the United States as of April 2017
- Reasons given for purchasing (more) e-books by consumers in the United States as of April 2017
- Frequency of tablet usage in China in 2011, by e-reading content
- Where do you buy e-books at least occasionally?
- Do you offer e-books and/or e-book readers in your bookshop or your internet shop?
- What e-reader(s) do you plan to covert for/have you previously converted for?
- Breakdown of digital book readers in France in 2014, by average expenses on selected digital book genres
- Leading countries in e-book production in Latin America in 2016, by number of units
- Share of young readers willing to pay for paperbacks and e-books by price range in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014
- Reasons for not reading digital books according to printed books readers in France in 2014
- How often do you acquire digital books illegally?
- Most read literary genres by digital book readers in France in 2014
- What formats do you plan to convert your e-book(s) to/have you coverted to?
- Prices for e-books viewed as acceptable by young readers in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015
- Perception of digital book reading in France in 2014
- E-book market share of Amazon Kindle and Tolino in Germany from the 2nd quarter of 2013 to the 3rd quarter of 2014
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- Sources of e-book collections in the U.S. in 2011, by age
- If you choose a print version of a book instead of an e-book, what are the reasons for purchasing a print book?
- What books do you or did you use to generally read on your mobile?
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