Google Play vs. iBooks October 2016

An interesting fact: in October, I sold ten times as many books on Google Play than on iBooks.

I wonder if that’s just me, or if it’s an overall trend for all ebooks. Anecdotally it makes sense. I hear from more readers who use Google Play than iBooks. It also makes sense, because Android hardware is so much cheaper than iPhones and iPads, and Google efficiently tucks the Play store on every Android device.

It is an interesting paradigm shift. When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad, one of the selling points was ebooks. (In fact, Apple got itself into legal hot water conspiring with the Big Five publishers to drive up ebook prices.) So it is interesting to see Google overtake Apple in that field.

-JM