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Hachette is one of the largest publishers in the world and they have just announced their first-quarter earnings. Sales increased by 8.7% and they generated $591 million USD in the first three months of 2022. Digital book sales accounted for 8.1% of total publishing in 2022, compared to 9% in the first quarter of 2021. Sales of downloadable audiobooks continued to improve and represented 4.8% of revenue compared to 4.6% in the same year-ago period.

Read the original article here: https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/hachette-ebook-sales-declined-in-the-past-three-months-of-2022

Dasung has just released a new 13.3 inch e-note that is based on the Sony Digital Paper DPT-RP1. The company is running their own software and this device is primarily geared towards viewing and editing PDF files. However, it  can also read ebooks and supports a myriad of formats such as TXT, EPUB, MOBI and tons of others. Unlike the Sony, it comes with a myriad of colors, such as mint, cute pink, sky blue, white and grey.

Read the original article here: https://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/dasung-a4-is-a-13-3-inch-e-note-that-can-view-and-edit-pdf-files

For the month of May, the New York Public Library (NYPL) will be releasing four banned books nationwide using SimplyE, which is a free-reader app.

There is an interesting commonality between all of the titles; they are all award-winning highly praised books, however, due to their subject matter, they are also viewed as controversial, as some parents and educators have expressed concerns about their appropriateness for children.

Read the original article here: https://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/ny-library-offers-free-banned-e-reader-books

During the pandemic there was a notable increase in print sales of books, 8% in 2020 and 9% in 2021, respectfully.

Read the original article here: https://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/print-sales-forecasted-to-drop-in-2022