eBooks capture about 11% of book buying dollars

The folks over at Bowker, perhaps best known as the provider of ISBN numbers (if you don't want to go through a publisher or other third party), and those at Publishers Weekly have just released their study on the US book market. You can read the press release here.

Called the 2013 U.S. Book Consumer Demographics and Buying Behaviors Annual Review, the $800 report discusses the evolution of the US market. High-level findings include:

• eBooks capture 11% of total book spending, but more in certain categories, such as mystery/detective, romance, and science fiction
• Women have increased their lead in book buying (up to 58%)
• Online retailers (think Amazon) get 44% of the dollars spent on books
• Print-on-demand and Reprint business captures the largest share of new ISBN numbers