As the e-book market has
exploded, fueled in large part by the popularity of e-book readers like the
Kindle and tablets like the iPad, predictions regarding the so-called
"death of print" have only gained steam. But a new report from
Neilsen Bookscan indicates that while e-book sales are on the rise, the decline
in print sales have actually slowed down, a sign that mainstream readers may
not be finished with the print book format just yet.
According to Neilsen Bookscan
data analyzed by Publishers Weekly, sales of print books in 2012
declined by nine percent, approximately the same rate at which print sales
declined in the previous two years. This new data indicates that, despite the
increasing popularity of tablets and e-readers, the decline in print book sales
versus e-books has stabilized to some degree.
