E-book sales revenue in the U.S. 2008-2018

The timeline presents data on e-book sales revenue generated in the United States from 2008 to 2013, as well as a forecast until 2018. The source expects the revenue will grow from 2.31 billion in 2011 to 8.69 billion in 2018. E-book sales in the United States - additional informationAn e-book, also known as an electronic or digital book, is a digitally released version of a book, often consisting of text and images and available on electronic devices, such as specifically designed e-book readers. The most well known e-book device is the Amazon Kindle, originally released in 2007. E-books can also be used on computers, tablets and even on smartphones, as this survey shows. In the United States, the e-books industry has grown tremendously in the past decade, primarily due to a higher supply and demand of e-book devices and applications, but also due to lower prices compared to hard copies, as well as ease of travel and storage. However, forecasts suggest that the number of e-book users in the U.S. is expected to fall from 92.64 million in 2015 to 88.45 million in 2021. Many e-books are available through American public libraries, which, since 2003, have an increasingly popular e-book lending model of both fiction and non-fiction titles for different audiences. However, despite the rise in e-book popularity, hard copy books were still the preferred choice for readers in 2015. Based on a survey, 47 percent of all respondents claimed to read only hard copy books, while only four percent of all respondents read only e-books. Unsurprisingly, the most prolific e-book readers are the Millennials (ages 18 to 29), which make up 35 percent of all digital book readers.

本时间线展示了2008年至2013年间在美国产生的电子书销售收入数据，并预测了直至2018年的销售趋势。来源预测，销售收入将从2011年的23.1亿美元增长至2018年的86.9亿美元。在美国，电子书行业在过去十年中经历了巨大的增长，这主要得益于电子书设备和应用的供需增加，同时相较于纸质版书籍价格的降低，以及携带和存储的便捷性。然而，预测表明，美国电子书用户的数量预计将从2015年的9264万人下降至2021年的8845万人。许多电子书可通过美国公共图书馆获得，自2003年以来，公共图书馆推出的虚构和非虚构类图书的电子书借阅模式越来越受欢迎。尽管电子书的流行度有所上升，但在2015年，纸质书籍仍然是读者们的首选。根据一项调查，所有受访者中有47%的人声称只阅读纸质书籍，而只有4%的受访者只阅读电子书。不出所料，最热衷于阅读电子书的群体是千禧一代（18至29岁），他们占所有数字书读者的35%。