“The Rise of Ebooks” Mark Coker Joe Wikert April Hamilton David Rothman Russ Wilcox
The Rise of Ebooks
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Mark Coker Founder of Smashwords (www.smashwords.com)
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Joe Wikert GM O’Reilly Publishing Division (www.oreilly.com and www.joewikert.com)
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April Hamilton Author, founder of Publetariat (www.publetariat.com and www.aprilhamilton.com)
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David Rothman Author, founder/editor of Teleread (www.teleread.org)
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Russ Wilcox Cofounder, president, CEO, EInk (www.eink.com)
American Association of Publishers Monthly Sales Growth/Decline Year over Year 100% 80% 60% 40%
Ebooks only All book sales
20% 0% 20%
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08
40%