According to the latest news from the Association of American Publishers, book sales for the month of May decreased by 1.8 percent at $670 million and were down by 0.7 percent for the year.
However, even though houses seem to be giving away free e-books left and right, e-books sales continued to rise in May, seeing a 24.3 percent increase for the month ($3.3 million); the category posted an increase of 34.1 percent for the year. Meanwhile Audio Book sales dropped 38.0 percent in May after April’s 1.7 percent gain, with sales totaling $12.6 million; sales for the whole year were down by 19.7 percent.