(publishersweekly.com): E-book sales from the 13 publishers that report figures to the Association of American Publishers soared 176.6% in 2009, to $169.5 million, the AAP reported Friday. The jump in e-book sales coupled with a slight decline in sales of print trade books increased e-book's share of trade sales from 1.2% in 2008 to 3.3% in 2009. Among the print trade segments, sales were down in the trade paperback, mass market paperback and children's hardcover segments, but up in adult hardcover and children's paperback.
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