Total retail sales of books/music/video have been sluggish in recent years, growing at a 1.8% compound annual growth rate the last five years, according to U.S. Commerce Department figures. E-commerce accounts for the largest portion of total retail sales for books/music/video category among the 15 categories Internet Retailer analyzes. In 2016, web sales accounted for 93% of U.S. retail sales.
See below for a snapshot of the U.S. online books/music/video industry. This includes data from merchants ranked in the Internet Retailer 2017 Top 1000, including those in the following segments:
Books/Magazines
Digital Content
Music
Textbook
Video
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