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U.S. publishers’ revenue from ebooks roughly flat in 2013, but unit sales rose
- Turing_Machine 12y ago"but ebooks without ISBN numbers — which includes many self-published Kindle books — can’t be tracked." Many? More like "the overwhelming majority". None of the major ebook retailers require ISBNs, and given the bizarre pricing structure ($125 for 1, $295 for 10, $1,000 for 1,000) virtually nobody other than the big traditional publishers bothers with them. Can you think of any other product whatsoever that retails for $125 in quantity one and $1 in quantity 1,000? Any survey that excludes indy ebooks is essentially worthless. You can demonstrate this for yourself by going to one of the genre categories on Amazon (e.g., science fiction) and taking note of how many of the Top 10, Top 50, Top 100 are indy. Hint: lots of them.