That future did not come, and according to recent numbers, it seems to be getting further away…depending on which part of the picture you choose to look at. One report showed unit sales of eBooks dropped from 180 million units to 162 million from 2016 to 2017.1 Another report showed eBook sales decreased 4.7 percent in 2017. Those numbers only reflect traditionally published eBooks, how- ever. The indie eBook market is thriving, especially for genres like romance, sci-fi, and fantasy. It’s tough to know the total number of eBook sales compared to print books, but estimates put it around 485 million eBook sales to 800 million print book sales in 2017. Whatever is happening with overall sales numbers, almost half a billion sales show that readers still love eBooks. If you have the capacity to create an eBook version of your book, it’s definitely a worthwhile option. TL;DR: Yes, do an eBook. EBOOK DISTRIBUTION FACTORS Amazon makes up 83 percent of eBook sales in the US, so it’s a must for authors looking to distribute their eBook.2 The only question is whether you should distribute solely on Amazon. For the US market, 17 percent of 485 million eBook sales is nothing 1 “E-Book Sales Fell 10% in 2017.” PublishersWeekly.com. Accessed September 17, 2019. https://www. publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/76706-e-book-sales-fell-10-in-2017. html. 2 Jentetics, Kinga. “Amazon’s Ebook Market Share - Is It Big Enough?” PublishDrive, February 20, 2019. https:// publishdrive.com/amazon-ebook-market-share/. 342 · ThE SCriBE METhOD