Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Physical book buying is on the rise again (maybe only temporarily?) and it's made me think back to the complete confidence we had in the 2000s and that ebooks would completely take over. Why didn't they? And what does that mean for the future of predicting book sales?
Resources mentioned
Slate article: slate.com/culture/2024/04/book-sales-publishing-industry-statistics-substack-penguin-lawsuit.html
Apple vs DOJ: theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/07/apple-450-million-settlement-e-book-price-fixing-supreme-court
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
02:27 - The data for this sucks
08:41 - What are advantages of physical books?
14:35 - How is the market continuing to evolve?
Socials
instagram.com/bookborn.reviews
Physical book buying is on the rise again (maybe only temporarily?) and it's made me think back to the complete confidence we had in the 2000s and that ebooks would completely take over. Why didn't they? And what does that mean for the future of predicting book sales?
Resources mentioned
Slate article: slate.com/culture/2024/04/book-sales-publishing-industry-statistics-substack-penguin-lawsuit.html
Apple vs DOJ: theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/07/apple-450-million-settlement-e-book-price-fixing-supreme-court
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
02:27 - The data for this sucks
08:41 - What are advantages of physical books?
14:35 - How is the market continuing to evolve?
Socials
instagram.com/bookborn.reviews
