development of audiobooks
The rise of Audible
Audiobooks become routine
The audiobook supply chain
Producing audiobooks
Performing the page
Books in the audio-visual mix
Notes
16 11 Storytelling in Social Media Building YouTube for stories Sharing stories for free From stories to studios From stories to books Notes
17 12 Old Media, New Media Digital disruption in the creative industries Data power Nurturing content, colonizing culture Publishing in the digital age Taking readers seriously Books in the digital age Notes
18 Conclusion: Worlds in Flux Worlds in flux
19 Appendix 1: Sales Data from a Large US Trade Publisher
20 Appendix 2: Note on Research Methods Notes
21 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 1Table 1.1 US ebook revenue for trade books, $ millions, 2008–2012Table 1.2 Ebook sales as a percentage of total revenues of major US trade publishers, 2006...Table 1.3 US ebook revenue for trade books and rate of growth of ebook sales, 2008–...Table 1.4 Print books and ebooks as percentages of total US trade salesTable 1.5 Ebooks as a percentage of total sales at Olympic, units and dollarsTable 1.6 Ebooks as a percentage of total sales by broad category at Olympic, units and do...Table 1.7 Sales in percentages by format, units and dollars at Olympic, 2006–2016Table 1.8 UK ebook revenue for trade books, 2008–2018Table 1.9 UK ebook sales by category, 2008–2018Table 1.10 Estimated ebook share of total trade revenue in selected European markets, 2016
2 Chapter 6Table 6.1 Forms of visibility
3 Chapter 7Table 7.1 ISBN output for US self-publishing platforms, 2010–2018: print booksTable 7.2 ISBN output for US self-publishing platforms, 2010–2018: ebooksTable 7.3 ISBN output for US self-publishing platforms, 2010–2018: ebooks and print...
4 Chapter 10Table 10.1 Audiobook title outputTable 10.2 Estimated consumer spending on audiobooks in US, 2003–2017 ($ mill...Table 10.3 Audiobook formats as percentage of total sales, 2003–2017
5 Chapter 12Table 12.1 Total sales, operating profit and margin for Simon & Schuster, 2008–2...
6 Appendix 1Table A.1 Ebooks as a percentage of total sales by subject at Olympic, net dollarsTable A.2 Ebooks as a percentage of total sales by subject at Olympic, net units
List of Illustrations
1 IntroductionFigure 0.1 US recorded music revenues by format, 1998–2010
2 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 US ebook revenue for trade books, 2008–2012Figure 1.2 Ebook sales as a percentage of total revenues of major US trade publishers, 2006...Figure 1.3 US ebook revenue for trade books and rate of growth of ebook sales, 2008–...Figure 1.4 Print books and ebooks as percentages of total US trade salesFigure 1.5 Ebooks as percentage of total US trade sales, 2008–2018Figure 1.6a Ebooks as a percentage of total sales at Olympic, units and dollarsFigure 1.6b Ebooks as a percentage of total sales at Olympic, units and dollarsFigure 1.7 Ebooks as a percentage of total sales by broad category at Olympic, units and do...Figure 1.8 Ebooks as a percentage of total sales by subject at Olympic, net dollarsFigure 1.9 Ebooks as a percentage of total sales by subject at Olympic, net unitsFigure 1.10 The ebook uptake modelFigure 1.11a Sales in percentages by format and units at Olympic, 2006–2016Figure 1.11b Sales in percentages by format and dollars at Olympic, 2006–2016Figure 1.12a UK ebook revenue for trade books, 2008–2018Figure 1.12b Ebook revenue as a percentage of total trade sales in the UKFigure
