Childrens Ebooks are on the Rise!

Recently there has been a rise in children’s ebooks. Publishers have assumed that parents would be less willing to hand a tablet over to their kids than a board book or paperback, but that, too, is fast changing. In fact, digitial children’s books are up 36 percent – a change that should give printers pause.

“It is great to see digital growth continuing and developing in more sectors of publishing. The rise in children’s digital sales, while perhaps unsurprising given 71 percent of households now own a tablet, is testament to the innovation taking place in children’s publishing and the engaging content being produced,” said Richard Mollet, Chief Executive of the UK Publishers Association.

There was also some growth in the textbook space with 20 percent more digital book purchases by schools. Interestingly, however, only 4 percent of the “total school book budget” is spent on digital, a fact that will become more important as we enter the era of the connected classroom. In short, however, ebooks are holding their own