E-book sales up 68.4% to $113 million in 2008

According to the Association of American Publishers sales reached $113 million in 2008, up 68.4%.
The PDF they posted uses 2002 as a base year and includes additional data for 2003-2008.
The report shows an overall compounded 57.8% growth for ebooks from 2002-2008 while other categories either lost or grew very little.

• In 2002 ebook sales were $7,337,000.00
• In 2003 ebook sales were $19,772,000.00 up 169.5%
• In 2004 ebook sales were $30,271,000.00 up 53.1%
• In 2005 ebook sales were $43,832,000.00 up 44.8%
• In 2006 ebook sales were $54,396,000.00 up 24.1%
• In 2007 ebook sales were $67,233,000.00 up 23.6%

Original report post: http://www.publishers.org/main/IndustryStats/IndStats/2008/2008_Stats.htm

Download pdf: http://www.publishers.org/documents/S12008Final.pdf

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