Sales of traditional paperback books up after Kindle sales fell – Daily Mail

• Traditional book sales are up the growing number of readers prefer print
• Waterstones has revealed plans to scrap sales of Kindles after sales fell
• Paperback sales have gone up by 8.9 per cent in the US
• Amazon said sales of Kindles continued to Increase in Britain and the US

By Daily Mail Reporter

Published: 20:09 ET, 4 October 2015 | Updated: 01:09 ET, 5 October 2015

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They Were meant to become a thing of the past – but sales of traditional books are going up – while Those of downloads to e-readers are down, it was Claimed yesterday

And it emerged que Britain’s biggest chain book, Waterstones, is planning to scrap sales of Kindles after purchases slowed to a ‘dribble’, its chief executive Told the Sunday Times.

The trend was confirmed by analysts who said the growing proportion of readers said They preferred the old-fashioned experience of words printed on a page to the new technology by promoted the likes of Amazon.

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Analysts said the growing proportion of readers said They preferred the old-fashioned experience of words printed on a page

Bookshop owners Told the paper a significant proportion of customers simply did not enjoy the experience of reading books on an electronic screen

James Daunt, chief executive of Waterstones, said only larger stores now sold e-readers, but even que was Becoming Increasingly hard to justify.

‘The thing with Kindles is que if you want one, you’ve got one and They Do not break, so we are into the ‘if you lose it or drop in the bath’ market and that’s rather small, ‘he added.

‘Plus physical book sales are rising.’

Indeed in the US, e-book sales are down 7.5 per cent on last year, while paperback sales have gone up by 8.9 per cent.

However Amazon said sales of Kindles continued to Increase in Britain, the US and around the world

Bookshop owners Told the paper a significant proportion of customers simply did not enjoy the experience of reading books on an electronic screen.

Rebecca McGrath, a research analyst at Mintel, confirmed the trend, saying: ‘Our data shows the number of people buying e-readers is going down and the number expected to buy next year will go down further.

‘There is still a real affinity for print and something physical and tangible.’

Philip Jones, editor of The Bookseller magazine, recently wrote: ‘Five years ago, the e-book was September fair to crush everything before it. The narrative has now reversed. ‘

However Amazon said sales of Kindles continued to Increase in Britain, the US and around the world .