Ebooks account for 12% of sales at Hachette Australia; Largardere sales down 5.9% in 2011

14 February 2012 Books+Publishing

Ebook sales accounted for 12% of Hachette Australia's sales during 2011, according to managing director Malcolm Edwards. Edwards told the Weekly Book Newsletter that this figure represents 'an almost ten-fold increase in the sale of ebooks', compared to 2010 when the publisher reported ebook sales of one percent of turnover. However, Edwards said...