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Digital book sales revenue in the UK 2009-2017, by category

Digital book sales revenue generated by publishers in the United Kingdom from 2009 to 2017, by category (Figures are expressed in millions of British Pounds, except where otherwise indicated)

The data depicts digital book sales revenue, by category of book, in the UK from 2009 to 2017. Digital academic and professional book sales generated 271 million GBP in sales revenue in 2017 (4% decrease since 2016), while the revenue from digital fiction books constituted 161 million GBP (6.4% decrease since 2016). The sales revenue from digital school books increased by 35% since 2016.

2009 4 1 10 3 107
2010 6 6 1 9 4 134
2011 70 21 7 9 5 147
2012 175 40 12 14 6 181
2013 204 56 16 11 9 219
2014 216 55 22 13 11 255
2015 202 51 16 16 15 268
2016 172 48 13 20 18 282
2017 161 50 13 27 20 271