#009 - Ebooks: what happened?
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If you went back to 2011 and told a publisher that ebook growth would grind to a halt by 2016, they’d never believe you. What happened? Why did everybody get it so wrong? Read our stories: https://hardbound.co Nathan’s twitter: https://twitter.com/nbashaw Will’s twitter: https://twitter.com/willhoekenga Also, here are some of the articles we reference (and sources for stats we cite): Craig Mod’s “Hack the Cover” - http://craigmod.com/journal/hack_the_cover/ Ben Thompson (Stratechery) on Ebooks - https://stratechery.com/2015/disconfirming-ebooks/ 2015 book revenue http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2016/ebook-sales-declined-in-2015-digital-audio-continued-growth/ Apple revenue - http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/10/27Apple-Reports-Record-Fourth-Quarter-Results.html Facebook revenue - https://investor.fb.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2016/Facebook-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2015-Results/default.aspx Netflix revenue -…