Booknet Canada reported last year that Kobo has about 27 percent of
the Canadian ebook market, followed by Kindle at 19 percent and iPad (s AAPL) at 14 percent.
The lack of comprehensive ebook sales tracking in Canada makes it difficult to speculate on the effect ebooks are having on print books, but BookNet Canada's market research indicates that
the Canadian ebook market remained steady in Q1, at 17 % of book purchases.
In addition it alleges that the growing
Canadian eBook market is highly concentrated, making it more susceptible to collusion.
We might be in for a drawn out legal battle that could decide the fate of
the Canadian eBook market.
Booknet Canada reported a couple of years ago that KOBO held 27 % of
the Canadian ebook market and Kindle only 19 %.
Not exact matches
In addition, sales figures in The
Canadian Book
Market do not include ebook sales, nor online sales of print books, so the overall book market may be healthier than reflected.&
Market do not include
ebook sales, nor online sales of print books, so the overall book
market may be healthier than reflected.&
market may be healthier than reflected.»
In addition, sales figures in The
Canadian Book
Market do not include ebook sales, nor online sales of print books, so the overall book market may be healthier than reflected.Although Indigo suffered some big loses, the company is still bullish on their f
Market do not include
ebook sales, nor online sales of print books, so the overall book
market may be healthier than reflected.Although Indigo suffered some big loses, the company is still bullish on their f
market may be healthier than reflected.Although Indigo suffered some big loses, the company is still bullish on their future.
There are zero home - grown
Canadian companies distributing
ebooks to students, even if the
market is growing.
The announcement of a major push into
ebook selling by
Canadian book chain Indigo might carry a lesson for other international
markets such as New Zealand.
They also feel that the
Canadian market is one of their strongest and if Amazon starts discounting
ebooks again, it would be a serious blow to Kobo.
But as the Kobo store is fully integrated in a wide variety of international
markets and its device supports more languages, it's a wonder that the
Canadian ebook retailer wasn't considered for the contract.
Today at the London Book Fair,
Canadian based e-reader giant Kobo announced that they will be tailoring their Kobo
eBook Store towards select European
markets.
In additional to informational articles like this one on the ISBN for
Canadian publishers, AuthorImprints provides
eBook conversion, print book design and online
marketing services to authors and publishers located in Canada and other foreign countries.
When even a trickle of sales of an
ebook is cause for euphoria, it astounds me that so many authors ignore 38 % of the American
ebook market and the majority of the
Canadian market.
Despite a few shortcomings, it's clear that the
Canadian manufacturer put a fair bit of effort into the Aura HD, and it's a welcome addition to the
eBook reader
market - if one that is perhaps a tad enthusiastically priced at # 139.99 via WHSmith.
Possible factors contributing to these changes could be the continued digitization of backlist titles, thereby increasing the overall volume of available
ebooks in the
market, as well as the 2.1 % decline in
ebook sales between 2015 and 2016 in the
Canadian market, according to regular consumer surveying by BookNet Canada.
If your book appeals to the
Canadian market, for example, you may be giving up about 10 million
ebook buyers via Apple iBooks and Kobo.