Quarters | Revenues | Quarters | Revenues | Quarters | Revenues |
Q1 02 | $1,556,499 | Q1 06 | $4,100,000 | Q1 10 | $91,000,000 |
Q2 02 | $1,258,989 | Q2 06 | $4,000,000 | Q2 10 | |
Q3 02 | $1,329,548 | Q3 06 | $4,900,000 | Q3 10 | |
Q4 02 | $1,649,144 | Q4 06 | $7,000,000 | Q4 10 | |
Q1 03 | $1,794,544 | Q1 07 | $7,500,000 | ||
Q2 03 | $1,842,502 | Q2 07 | $8,100,000 | ||
Q3 03 | $1,789,455 | Q3 07 | $8,000,000 | ||
Q4 03 | $1,917,384 | Q4 07 | $8,200,000 | ||
Q1 04 | $1,794,130 | Q1 08 | $11,200,000 | ||
Q2 04 | $1,887,900 | Q2 08 | $11,600,000 | ||
Q3 04 | $2,460,343 | Q3 08 | $13,900,000 | ||
Q4 04 | $3,477,130 | Q4 08 | $16,800,000 | ||
Q1 05 | $3,161,049 | Q1 09 | $25,800,000 | ||
Q2 05 | $3,182,499 | Q2 09 | $37,600,000 | ||
Q3 05 | $2,310,291 | Q3 09 | $46,500,000 | ||
Q4 05 | $2,175,131 | Q4 09 | $55,900,000 | |
As you can see, Q1 10 figures are over triple those in Q1 of last year! Remember, these figures are low. They are only from the reporting companies, which are only 12 to 15 trade publishers, only sales through wholesale channels, only sales in the US and do not include library, education or professional electronic sales. The sales represent wholesale, not retail, revenues.
Is it safe to assume Agency model numbers won’t be included in these reports in the future as those books aren’t wholesaled?
If you follow chaos theory and plot a graph of these data I think you will find a classic “Tipping Point” for e-books. If it is a classic tipping point, I think there are going to be some really interesting events in the next 12 months.