The Way We Are Now

The Association of American Publishers released figures for last June, showing that sales of adult trade paperbacks were down by no less than 63.8%.  (And my latest book was released in trade format!  My joy is unconfined.)Adult hardcover sales were down by 25.4%, and mass market paperbacks by only 21.6%.Revenues from ebooks were up by 161% over the previous year, but the increased e-revenues were not enough to make up for the losses caused by print books.Borders has collapsed, taking with...