The Myth About Print Coming Back and Bookstores on the Rise | Jane Friedman

As you can tell from Nielsen's graph above (which tracks sales of titles with ISBNs), the flattening of ebook sales started happening back in 2013. Some of the ebook decline we''re seeing may be attributable to higher ebook prices from traditional publishers, as well as rapidly falling Nook sales. Adult ebook sales have been relatively stable; the big decline is in children's/YA ebook sales due to the lack of a big franchise hit in 2015. (I hope it gives you pause to learn that the absence of a Harry Potter book or a new YA series can directly affect how well the industry does in a given year.)