SPAIN E-BOOK SALES GROW SLOWLY, IMPEDED BY CONTINUED ECONOMIC GLOOM
November 2nd, 2013
E-books now look more like evolution than a revolution in Spain. Overall sales of books were Euro EUR2.47 billion last year, down 10.9% on 2011 and 28.9% below 2008. E-book sales were EUR74.3 million, just 3% of the sector, representing 54,714 copies sold.A panoramic view of data sources was published in October by the country’s ministry of education, culture and sport. It showed that 24,381 ISBN numbers were granted to digital titles in 2012, nearly triple the 2008 tally, and 99.2% of these were first digital editions. However, growth slowed as the economy ...
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