
In Spain, Preliminary Data Suggests eBook Sales Reached Double Digits in 2016

eBooks make up a significant share of trade book sales in the US, UK, and other English-speaking countries but things are quite different in Spain.

Dosdoce's Javier Celaya revealed at a PubMagNet meeting last month that ebooks are expected to reach a double-digit share of Spain's book market in 2016. The final data won't be available until June, but Celaya said that ebook sales should reach 10%, up from around 6% of Spain's book sales in 2015.

The Spanish book market as a whole is expected to grow by 3 to 3.5% in 2016, compared to 2.8% growth in 2015. Basically, the market is only growing as a result of digital sales,

Basically, the market is only growing as a result of digital sales, and only because publishers started getting sensible about their digital opportunities.

Celaya also pointed out a peculiarity of Spain's digital book market: many Spanish publishers have reported that more than 60% of their digital sales are made internationally. Half of those international sales are coming from Latin America, with the US market and Europe accounting for 20% and 10%, respectively.

Spanish publishers are discovering what anyone in a niche national market should know; thanks to ebooks, one doesn't have to be limited to the local. This is just as true in Spain as it is in South Africa.

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Nate Hoffelder is the founder and editor of The Digital Reader:"I've been into reading ebooks since forever, but I only got my first ereader in July 2007. Everything quickly spiraled out of control from there. Before I started this blog in January 2010 I covered ebooks, ebook readers, and digital publishing for about 2 years as a part of MobileRead Forums. It's a great community, and being a member is a joy. But I thought I could make something out of how I covered the news for MobileRead, so I started this blog."

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