More Publishers Selling Ebooks Direct

For the first time, the majority of Canadian publishers now sell ebooks directly to readers, a new study by BookNet Canada finds. 66% of the publishers surveyed have direct sales programs in place, a figure that’s shot up from 42% in 2013. Publishing ebooks is now the norm, with most publishers releasing print and digital editions simultaneously. But it’s less easy to say the same of direct-to-consumer ebook retail, despite […]