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More E-Book News: Behind the Stats

By Steve Laubeon July 20, 2010
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Today’s Wall Street Journal online quotes Amazon.com as saying that ebooks have outsold hardcover books over the last three months.

Additional statistics from that article include:  “Amazon sought to suggest that Amazon remains the leading retailer for e-books. The company said that of the 1.14 million James Patterson e-books sold as of July 6, nearly 868,000 were from Amazon.” Also, “in June, Apple CEO Steve Jobs had claimed that his company’s iBookstore, which launched in April, had taken 20% of the market.”

My observations of these developments are two-fold.
One. Everyone is claiming “dominance” but no one is sharing actual verifiable data. It’s like standing on the playground in pre-school and saying “my Dad can beat up your Dad.”

Two. Claiming that e-books have outsold hardcovers is disingenuous if they are counting free downloads as sales. Remember when Amazon claimed that on Christmas Day they sold more e-books than p-books? Of course they did. Everyone who received a Kindle as a gift, turned it on and downloaded books. Who else was shopping for books on Christmas Day?

Remember the news adage “if it bleeds it leads.” So just because something makes a great headline and a press release doesn’t necessarily reflect day-to-day mundane reality.

By the way, take a look at the comments section of yesterday’s blog entry. Randy Ingermanson provided some great thoughts and I responded with a couple other things to consider as well as part of the ongoing discussion on this issue.

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Category: E-Books, Publishing A-Z, TrendsTag: E-Books, Trends

E-Book Sales: Behind the Stats

By Steve Laubeon July 19, 2010
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There is mixed news with regard to book sales in May of this year. Store sales were down 2.6% but publisher sales were up by 9.8%. Read all the various stats here. Remember these are simply comparison of 2010 monthly numbers with 2009.

The biggest area of growth, percentage-wise, is in e-books (up 162.8%).

But lets look at actual dollars, not percentages.

Publisher sales (according to the …

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Category: E-Books, Publishing A-Z, TrendsTag: Bookselling, E-Books, Get Published, Trends

The Shack Gets Sued

By Steve Laubeon July 14, 2010
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Sad news from the LA Times that the author and publishers of The Shack are now in court fighting over the royalty earnings. Read the entire article here. Then weep. Then pray that cooler heads prevail and that it can somehow be kept out of the court system. The key element to the story, from my agent’s perspective, is that there was not a solid contract in place from the beginning. It …

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Category: Book Business, Legal IssuesTag: Bookselling, Contracts, Get Published, Legal, Writing Craft

ICRS Observations 2010

By Steve Laubeon July 2, 2010
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Some have asked for my thoughts on this past week’s International Christian Retail Show (ICRS) in St. Louis. I’m glad to answer. This was my 29th consecutive booksellers convention. At its height there were approximately 14,000 in attendance, many years ago. That is no longer the case. Statistics released indicate total attendance was 6,812. Registered pick-ups in attendance was  4,747 …

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Category: Book Business, ICRSTag: Bookselling, convention, ICRS

Book Review – Inbound Marketing

By Steve Laubeon June 3, 2010
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In February I was in the Denver airport waiting for a flight. As usual I couldn't resist browsing the bookstore shelves. Something about the book Inbound Marketing by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah caught my eye. So, on impulse, I bought the book and began reading it on the plane. I learned a lot about this phenomenon called social marketing and thought that it would be a great book for all …

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Category: Book Business, Book Review, Guest Post, MarketingTag: Book Review, Facebook, Marketing

New Releases May 2010

By Steve Laubeon June 2, 2010
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Below are new books published last month which our agency represented. (In alphabetical order by author. Descriptions are from publisher’s web sites). May 2010 Claim – Lisa Bergren David C. CookSent west by their father to make a new life, the St. Clair siblings have done so-but hardly as he’d wished. Beautiful, headstrong Moira, after pursuing a stage career in Paris, has returned to …

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Category: Agency, New Book ReleasesTag: New Books

What’s up with Christian Retail?

By Steve Laubeon May 10, 2010
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Twice in the last 30 days I have been interviewed about the "state of the industry." The journalist's questions were insightful and thought I would share some of them with you. My answers have been expanded beyond the original ones since I have more space to work with here.

1. What do you believe to be the most important trend in Christian publishing and why?

This can be a complex …

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Category: Publishing A-Z, TrendsTag: Bookselling, Editors, Get Published, Proposals, Rejection, Writing Craft

New Releases April 2010

By Steve Laubeon May 2, 2010
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Below are new books published last month which our agency represented. (In alphabetical order by author. Descriptions are from publisher’s web sites). April 2010 Who Speaks to Your Heart?: Tuning in to Hear God’s Whispers – Stacy Hawkins Adams Zondervan‘I wrestled with whether a God that I couldn’t see or touch would be willing to single me out from the millions of other …

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Category: Agency, New Book ReleasesTag: New Books

HarperStudio is History

By Steve Laubeon April 5, 2010
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Back on March 17 I blogged about the changes at HarperStudio and asked if this could mean that division would close down. Today it was announced that it has come to pass, the division is no more.

HarperStudio had made big news by setting up a low advance model in exchange for high royalties. It was termed a "profit sharing" model. (of course define "profit" first... :-) ) Plus they sold their …

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Category: Book Business, News You Can UseTag: Bookselling, Get Published

New Releases March 2010

By Steve Laubeon April 1, 2010
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Below are new books from March 2010 which our agency represented. (In alphabetical order by author. Descriptions are from publisher’s web sites). March 2010 Lady Carliss and the Waters of Moorue – Chuck Black MultnomahDetermined, smart and a master of both the sword and the bow, Lady Carliss has proven herself as a veteran Knight of the Prince. Returning from a mission of aid, Carliss is …

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Category: Agency, New Book ReleasesTag: New Books
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