First Edition Design Publishing
U.S. Census Bureau Report Holds Encouraging News for Authors and Publishers
In spite of a stagnant economy bookstore sales rose by 3.8% in June, hitting $1.04 billion, according to estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. June performance numbers helped to put 2012 bookstore sales slightly ahead of sales at the half-way point of 2011, with sales up 0.6%, to $6.98 billion. Sales results were from retailers where books are at least 50% of sales.
June sales were up 3.0% for the entire retail segment, while sales for the first six months grew 6.3%.
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About First Edition Design Publishing:
First Edition Design Publishing is the world’s largest eBook and POD (Print On Demand) book distributor. Ranked first in the industry, First Edition Design Publishing converts and formats manuscripts for every type of platform (e-reader). They submit Fiction, Non-Fiction, Academic and Children’s Books to Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble, Sony, Google, Kobo, Diesel, 3M, Ingram, Baker and Taylor, Nielsen, EBSCO, and over 100,000 additional on-line locations including retailers, libraries, schools, colleges and universities. The company’s POD division creates printed books and makes them available worldwide through their distribution network. First Edition Design Publishing is a licensed and approved Aggregator and holds licenses with Apple and Microsoft.
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