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Romance Books Comprise 21% of the $6.31B Book Industry

Romance Books Comprise 21% of the $6.31B Book Industry

According to the Business of Consumer Publishing 2006, the net revenue from retail sources in the U.S. accounted for $6.31 billion in 2006. Romance sales accounted for $1.37 billion or 21% of the overall sales just behind religious/inspirational sales which accounted for $1.68 billion. According to the Assocation of American Publishers, religious/inspirational sales includes the [...]

With Rumors of Amazon Selling DRM Free Music, Will Books Be Far Behind?

With Rumors of Amazon Selling DRM Free Music, Will Books Be Far Behind?

I received an email this week from a reader who wanted to buy an ebook reader. She wasn’t very familiar with ebooks other than the epublished ones and didn’t know at all about DRM (digital rights management). She wasn’t aware that when you bought a Sony Reader, the books you bought for the Sony Reader [...]