Rüdiger Wischenbart is the Vienna - based publishing consultant who produces
the Global eBook Report and directs... Read More
In
his Global Ebook Report this year, Rüdiger Wischenbart looks at how the disparate realities in world markets add up to no cohesive single interpretation.
The Global Ebook Report points out that in 2013, every fourth book bought in the UK was an ebook; a growing tendency which is even more striking if we only consider adult fiction: 40 % of the book purchases were digital.
According to
the Global Ebook Report, in 2014 the US had the largest publishing market of the world, by 26 %; followed by China (12 %) and Germany (8 %).
Rüdiger Wischenbart of Content and Consulting will look at the expanding e-book markets in continental Europe, notably Germany and France, based on his regular
Global Ebook report.
«What is going on today is not controlled and shaped anymore by those old stakeholders and gatekeepers who used to define content, media or format,» writes Rüdiger Wischenbart in the newly released 2016 iteration of his annual
Global Ebook Report.
His annual
Global Ebook Report, Wischenbart attempts to create a picture of one of the most challenging elements of the world publishing scene today.
However, the 2016
Global ebook report shows that for some of the big publishers in Germany, ebooks already make up more than 10 % and even up to 15 % of their total book sales (source).
Not exact matches
While 10 % of the UK students
reported never reading an
ebook, that number jumped to 46 % for
global students.
A new
report by Strategy Analytics predicts that the
global consumer
eBook market will more than double from $ 7 billion in 2013 to $ 16.7 billion in 2020.
In practical terms, the
report's «
Global Ebook Yellow Pages» may be of use to many who want to access and do business with some of the 350 listed companies «dedicated to
ebooks» and including publishers, service organizations, distributors, and aggregators.
Denver, CO, January 12, 2017 — ODILO, a
global leader in the
eBook industry,
reports an increased interest in the different lending models they offer, especially with their innovative Pay - per - Use (PpU), also known as pay - per - checkout.
But a new
report from O'Reilly Media, «The
Global eBook Market: Current Conditions & Future Projections» and discussions at the Frankfurt Book Fair last week suggest that foreign countries won't necessarily follow an identical but delayed path to widespread e-book adoption.
The best news though is that the
Global Ebook Market
Report has always been and continues to be free.
A couple of years ago the TOC team launched the
Global Ebook Market
Report with Ruediger Wischenbart.
The EC
reports in its Official Journal (PDF) that «by jointly switching the sale of
ebooks from a wholesale model to an agency model with the same key terms on a
global basis, the Four Publishers and Apple engaged in a concerted practice with the object of raising retail prices of
ebooks in the EEA [European Economic Area, which includes the 27 countries in the European Union plus Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein],» breaching EEA competition rules.
In this first Author Earnings
report on the UK
ebook market, we've seen that sweeping change in the publishing industry extends across international borders — it's a
global phenomenon, rather than one limited to the US market.
One year ago we published the first edition of our
Global Ebook Market
report.
Milliot
reported that Tamblyn's role as CEO has him «involved in overseeing all of Rakuten's
global ebook business as vice executive manager.»
Most recently, he researched and (co --RRB- authored several
reports on
global publishing markets, notably the «Global eBook» report, the «Global Publishing Markets» survey for the International Publishers Association», (IPA), and the «Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry», updated annually since 2007 (initiated by Livres Hebdo, France, and co-published by The Bookseller, UK, buchreport, Germany, PublishNews Brazil, and Publishers Weekly
global publishing markets, notably the «
Global eBook» report, the «Global Publishing Markets» survey for the International Publishers Association», (IPA), and the «Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry», updated annually since 2007 (initiated by Livres Hebdo, France, and co-published by The Bookseller, UK, buchreport, Germany, PublishNews Brazil, and Publishers Weekly
Global eBook»
report, the «
Global Publishing Markets» survey for the International Publishers Association», (IPA), and the «Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry», updated annually since 2007 (initiated by Livres Hebdo, France, and co-published by The Bookseller, UK, buchreport, Germany, PublishNews Brazil, and Publishers Weekly
Global Publishing Markets» survey for the International Publishers Association», (IPA), and the «
Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry», updated annually since 2007 (initiated by Livres Hebdo, France, and co-published by The Bookseller, UK, buchreport, Germany, PublishNews Brazil, and Publishers Weekly
Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry», updated annually since 2007 (initiated by Livres Hebdo, France, and co-published by The Bookseller, UK, buchreport, Germany, PublishNews Brazil, and Publishers Weekly, US).
IPA - FEP
Global Report Promotes «Zero - Rate» VAT on Books (Publishing Perspectives) Who would have guessed that high VAT prices would have a negative effect on
ebook buying?
For publishers, our services include providing
eBook Conversion services,
global distribution, Royalty
reporting and e-commerce solutions.