So far it seems that the ebook market is in decline, something that is due to the price alliance of the five major publishers and also to the high taxes that have been applied, raising the price of ebooks. But it seems that this is about to change.
As reported the publisher Simon & Schuster, in your financial reports, during the third quarter of the year they have registered an increase in the sale of ebooks and digital products, a small rise but a rise nonetheless.
The climb is small, very small but uphill. From the report presented in the month of July so far, sales have gone up by a million dollars. A fairly small figure but different from what has been received so far.
Simon & Schuster is optimistic with its quarterly results
This may not mean anything and at the end of the year the result is still negative and not positive, but it means that the price and the price policy change is not something decisive that is killing the market and the sale of ebooks. At least that can be deduced from this news.
Simon & Schuster is really optimistic with these results and you think that the growth in the ebook sector will continue to grow, but personally I think this is all due to a reduction in the price of eReaders that has made people buy more ebooks, In other words, the demand has grown and for this reason more has been sold but it does not mean that the price of ebooks is not an obstacle to the sale of ebooks.
Also you have to see the data of the rest of publishers, data that together can affirm these hopes of Simon & Schuster or end them. As happened long ago with the free fall of the ebook market. But, What do you think? Do you think the ebook market will grow again? Do you think Simon & Schuster is wrong with their forecasts?
How do you know that there is a price alliance between the top 5 publishers, which ones? is that not illegal?