Ezinsukwini ezimbili ezedlule sihlangane ne- injabulo yemboni yezincwadi ephrintiwe ukuthi bathola izibalo abangakazitholi eminyakeni edlule, ngenxa yezinye izindlela zokwengeza izinsizakalo zabo ukuhlinzeka iklayenti ngesivumelwano esihlukile; Lezi zitolo ezidayisa izincwadi ezizimele zazi ukuthi zingazijwayela kanjani izikhathi zedijithali futhi sezikhulile nakukunikezwa nekhwalithi.
Kepha ukuthengiswa kwe-e-book kuyawa ngokusho kukaSimon & Schuster noHachette lapho bobabili balahlekelwa ibhizinisi ezincwadini ezidijithali. Inkomba yokuthi imakethe iyaxakeka ukuzimisa kabusha futhi ayikunaki okwendabuko, ukuphrinta, futhi inciphise iphesenti lenzuzo ethathe ingxenye enkulu yekhekhe eminyakeni yamuva.
I-Simon & Schuster ishicilele imiphumela yayo yezezimali ngekota yesibili ka-2016. Umshicileli uvumile ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwama-e-book yehliswe ngamaphesenti ayisithupha. Ukuthengiswa kwe-E-book ne-audiobook manje kubalwa ngama-23% wemali ephelele. Ukuthengisa okuphrintiwe nedijithali kukhiqize izigidi ezingama- $ 187 kusuka ngo-Ephreli kuya kuJuni; ngesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2015 bathole ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-199.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, sinoHachetter naye omemezele imiphumela yakhe yezezimali, kepha kulokhu izinyanga eziyisithupha zokuqala zalo nyaka. Ukuthengiswa kwe-E-book kuthathe i- Amaphesenti ayi-9,2 esewonke yemali engenayo, engaphansi kwaleyo-10,7% etholwe ngesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. Ukuthengiswa kwalezi zinyanga eziyisithupha zika-2016 kwehle ngo-6,6% weHachetter Book Group. Into ehlekisayo kulokhu ukuthi izinzuzo zikhuphuke ngo-180%. UMichael Pietsch, oyi-CEO ye-HBG, ubhekisa kulokhu ngokwazi ukuphatha izindleko kahle.
Izinkomba ezimbili yokwehla kokuthengiswa kwe-ebook kula maqembu amabili futhi aqinisekisa ukuthi yini etholwe ezinsukwini ezimbili ezedlule nenye into yezindaba.