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Some studies depict the USA as being the fastest growing eBook consumer in the world.

As things got underway at the annual Digital Book World conference in New York, one of the first news items to come was the results of an in - depth study on the digital reading habits of some of the youngest ebook consumers in the marketplace.

Not exact matches

NEW YORK, NY — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today that the $ 400 million for consumers in the settlement of the eBooks litigation with Apple Inc. will be distributed this week.

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To facilitate this intervention, in this free eBook TwentyEighty have identified 7 Consumer Realities (or behaviors) that need to be acknowledged and applied to Learning and Development.

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Most consumers express more interest in reading ebooks on ereaders over reading them on tablets, in spite of the availability of tablet ereader apps.

There have been a slew of announcements of new eBook - type devices this week at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas.

epub standard for eBook source files is of major significance and will be critical in the development of the consumer eBook market.

This has resulted in all publishers except the biggest being forced to put two prices on their ebooks: a» digital consumer retail» price (intended to be a selling price, for Apple, and lower) as well as a «list» price (intended for the retailer to discount, for Amazon, and higher).

The publishers said they will «use a formula based on the number of states participating and the number of eBooks sold in each state» to determine amounts due, but did not specify how consumers will be reimbursed — by check, a discount on future purchases, or some other mechanism.

Libraries are the largest consumer of books in the country, but their relationship with ebooks has been fraught.

In a letter to Hachette authors and agents, posted by CNN's Brian Stelter, Pietsch wrote that the company will get «full responsibility for the consumer prices of our ebooks,» and that «the percent of revenue on which Hachette authors» ebook royalties are based will not decrease under this agreement.»

Ebooks were 5 percent of sales in the first quarter of 2010 (Book Industry Study Group) but 9 percent of consumer sales in Fall 2010 (Association of American Publishers).

With print sales falling by 10 % last year, and book purchasing as a whole down 4 %, ebook sales were reported to have grown, according to Nielsen's tracking of book purchases, up 20 % in the UK in 2013, with 80m ebooks bought by UK consumers, to a value of # 300m.

They don't see the used market in their spreadsheets, just as they don't see growing indie ebook sales there, so they have no idea how their decisions are playing out in consumer behavior.

The trends in other industries will affect consumer expectations in publishing — and in small ways, it already has, with a movement geared to opening copyrighted works to the public, and the US Department of Justice suing all of the «big six» and Apple for price fixing (iBookstore prices differ widely from Amazon's), which will likely give Amazon the upper hand in setting ebook prices in the long run.

The intensity of this reaction has died down to a quiet murmur since consumers realized that they also like the convenience and affordability of eBooks, but the continued presence of the eBook vs. Print book debate has established one thing: print books, although decreasing significantly in sales, aren't going to disappear in the near future.

In the United States and Britain, sales of eBooks represent between a quarter and a third of the consumer book market.

According to the British PA, consumer ebook sales rose 134 per cent in 2012, reaching # 216million, with total digital sales up 66 per cent to # 411million (encompassing ebooks, audiobooks downloads and online subscriptions).

While this report took into account the total book buying habits of consumers, ebooks also saw a spike in consumption.

Take for instance the findings of Nielsen BookData compiled in its latest report, Understanding the E-book Consumer that has revealed a 9 % decline in sales of ebooks in May over the same period a month ago in the UK.

The funds were appropriated by the General Assembly in response to a report by the Department of Consumer Protection which recommended, in light of the high cost libraries pay for eBooks, that the state develop its own eBook Platform.

When the dust finally settled from the Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple and five of the then - Big Six publishers for illegally colluding to inflate the price of ebooks, essentially bilking consumers out of hundreds of millions of dollars in an effort to grab some more market share away from Amazon, the terms of the judge's ruling included a caveat.

In a cryptically worded graphic on their website, a lot of unanswered questions were alluded to, particularly that the ebooks parents have already purchased for their young readers as part of the platform «may soon no longer be available,» and that consumers «may be able to continue using your eBooks by making sure to open them on a bookshelf at least once by October 15.&ebooks parents have already purchased for their young readers as part of the platform «may soon no longer be available,» and that consumers «may be able to continue using your eBooks by making sure to open them on a bookshelf at least once by October 15.&eBooks by making sure to open them on a bookshelf at least once by October 15.»

When the dust finally settled from the Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple and five of the then - Big Six publishers for illegally colluding to inflate the price of ebooks, essentially bilking consumers out of hundreds of millions of dollars in an effort to grab some more market share away from Amazon, the terms... [Read more...]

Just as ebook distributors competed for readers by offering the best in content, pricing, devices, and compatibility, digital magazine providers are also upping the ante when it comes to vying for consumer loyalty.

In the US, more than 95 % of all consumer ebook purchases — and probably closer to 99 % of them — go through just five major ebook retailers.

Projects like Hugh Howey's Author Earnings are already maximizing on the available information to help authors make sound decisions concerning publishing route, ebook pricing, and more, but traditional publishers are also slowly coming along in terms of looking at all the possible pieces of information surrounding a book or author, and using that information to drive consumer engagement.

In a victory for education across language barriers and distance, Amazon and the Brazilian Ministry of Education announced today that the Whispercast technology that makes ebooks magically appear on consumers» devices will now deliver textbooks to hundreds of thousands of teachers across Brazil.

PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates «consumer eBooks will drive $ 8.2 billion in sales by 2017, surpassing projected print book sales, which it thinks will shrink by more than half during that period.»

As ebook subscription models continue to gain ground with consumers, keeping a student - centric model in motion through classrooms instead of only through private consumer subscriptions seems to be the smarter approach.

Meanwhile over in Asia, Japan led the eBook markets with 15 % of the country's total consumer book revenues; China and India, meanwhile, lagged far behind at 3 %.

News was announced yesterday from the lawyers for the plaintiffs in one of Apple's side lawsuits over ebook pricing that the grand total the company could have to pay out to consumers is $ 400 million.

This session, moderated by Mark Coker of Smashwords, will feature a blue ribbon panel of ebook industry experts who will provide attendees diverse opinions on a wide range of ebook industry trends and issues, including DRM, reading device trends, consumer awareness and consumer marketing trends, ebook self - publishing, how Amazon's digital self - publishing offerings might upset the balance of power in traditional print publishing, digital ink technologies, and more.

In 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) accused Apple and five publishers of ebook price fixing, and since then, 33 states have sued Apple on behalf of their consumers.

No word on whether we'll be seeing eBook readers from other companies turn up on the Appstore but in the meantime, consumers will have to resort to sideloading those apps on their Kindle Fire tablets if they wish to use them.

There's an insane amount of competition for consumers» attention, and only the luckiest, most heavily promoted, and best ebooks will sell in large quantities (by large quantities I mean in the hundreds or thousands; again a reason why publishers, in my view, should not be spending a lot of money creating and distributing ebooks if they expect a return on investment on most of their books).

I'm well aware that many downstream channels require DRM whether the publisher wants it or not, but from the consumer perspective, what's important is how the ebook is represented in the greater marketplace.

Launch plan to include seven more niche consumer sites by end Q2 NEW YORK — March 29, 2012 — F+W Media, Inc. today announced the launch of the first in a series of eBook Subscription Sites created specifically for enthusiasts.

While the Consumer Electronics Show in January marked the apogee of ereader proliferation, at the time I was still irked by the fact that the ebook didn't really have that much to offer consumers over a physical book.

The Publisher's Association's Statistics Yearbook, as reported in the Guardian, talks about a massive growth in eBook sales, where consumers spent in 2011 # 92M, while print lost 7 % to previous year, totaling sales to # 1.579 B. Notice the M versus the B.

So last year, without Penguin and Macmillan included in the settlement, it appeared that eligible consumers would get a refund between $ 0.25 and $ 1.32 per ebook.

In this issue: - Article: «What you Should Not Include in your Non-Fiction Book Proposal,» by Debra W. Englander - New Program Gives Ebooks a Quality Seal for Consumers - Digital Book World Conference — Interesting Facts for Authors - Ben Cameron, Director of Sales and Marketing for UK and Europe, to Speak at Self - Publishing Conference in UK - Display Your Book at the 2013 London Book FaIn this issue: - Article: «What you Should Not Include in your Non-Fiction Book Proposal,» by Debra W. Englander - New Program Gives Ebooks a Quality Seal for Consumers - Digital Book World Conference — Interesting Facts for Authors - Ben Cameron, Director of Sales and Marketing for UK and Europe, to Speak at Self - Publishing Conference in UK - Display Your Book at the 2013 London Book Fain your Non-Fiction Book Proposal,» by Debra W. Englander - New Program Gives Ebooks a Quality Seal for Consumers - Digital Book World Conference — Interesting Facts for Authors - Ben Cameron, Director of Sales and Marketing for UK and Europe, to Speak at Self - Publishing Conference in UK - Display Your Book at the 2013 London Book Fain UK - Display Your Book at the 2013 London Book Fair

Fans of print books, who have long lived in fear that their neighborhood bookstore will be rendered obsolete by the ubiquity of ebooks in a matter of years, can take comfort in new numbers from Nielsen Books & Consumer showing that ebooks were outsold by both hardcovers and paperbacks in the first half of 2014.

The boom in ebook sales could very obviously be attributed to consumers desire for digital content for their new devices.

That message is frankly tough to communicate to the direct market in a way that reaches the consumer level, whereas in the ebook channel, I wouldn't say it's easy, but you can actually have that communication.

But recent growth in the foreign language ebook catalogs of many major retailers has demonstrated an increased interest on the part of consumers who want the portability, instant download access, and typically lower cost of digital editions.

One problem that Chen already foresees with his business model is preventing consumers from paying a few cents for a bundle of ebooks; in theory, authors may fear the allure this pricing model may hold for ebook pirates.