The statistic shows the share of publishers and authors publishing their books digitally in the United States as of November 2015 and shows data on publisher and authors' plan on e-book publishing in 2016. During a survey, nearly 73 percent of responding publishers and authors said they had published their books digitally as of November 2015; 79.8 percent were planning to publish e-books in 2016.
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Share of publishers and authors publishing their books digitally in the United States in 2015 and 2016
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The statistic shows the share of publishers and authors publishing their books digitally in the United States as of November 2015 and shows data on publisher and authors' plan on e-book publishing in 2016. During a survey, nearly 73 percent of responding publishers and authors said they had published their books digitally as of November 2015; 79.8 percent were planning to publish e-books in 2016.
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The statistic shows the share of publishers and authors publishing their books digitally in the United States as of November 2015 and shows data on publisher and authors' plan on e-book publishing in 2016. During a survey, nearly 73 percent of responding publishers and authors said they had published their books digitally as of November 2015; 79.8 percent were planning to publish e-books in 2016.
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- United States
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- United States
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- as of November 2015
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- among publishers and authors
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- The source does not provide information on the methodology (type of study, number of respondents, date of survey - the date provided is the release date)
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