Sentences with phrase «electronic book market»

The Japanese electronic book market is now estimated to be worth 46 billion yen (about 500 million dollars), with most titles distributed via mobile telephones and conventional computers.

He also repeatedly denied that he pitched publishers with the idea that Apple could incite a change in the structure of the entire electronic book market.

The electronic book market is booming right now, with Penguin, Harper Collins, Hachette, and other major publisher stating that digital revenue is up 25 % from 2011.

A similar scenario may be occurring in the electronic book market.

The online - retailing giant, which dominated the electronic book market thanks to its Kindle reader, wanted to keep prices no higher than $ 9.99, but Macmillan and other publishers wanted to maintain a pricing structure that was tied to their traditional print business, with prices starting at around $ 14.99, then declining over time as new versions of the book were released.

If you follow the ebook market you were likely stunned this June when Steve Jobs claimed to have captured 22 % of the electronic book market overnight with the release of iBooks and iPad.

The company may be later to the electronic book market than its rivals, but the market is young enough that there's still plenty of room to grow, he said.

Other examples of authors doing well in tight times is Stephenie Meyer, whose Twilight series at one point accounted for 15 % of all books sold in the US; and J.K. Rowling, who is about to jump into the electronic book market by launching Pottermore, her new virtual online bookstore.

A decade ago, Barnes & Noble was one of Microsoft's marquee partners for its Microsoft Reader software, an early entrant into the electronic book market.

«Amazon confirmed to us that these delays are directly related to the ongoing negotiations over conditions in the electronic book market,» Mr. Schumacher - Gebler said.

Publishers are trying to figure out how to wrangle the electronic book market, (as music companies did a decade ago), librarians are trying to figure out how their services can be a choice in the offerings, salespeople are trying to market all sorts of solutions to librarians, and it will be interesting to see how it all unfolds.

The Nook may not have captured the top spot in Macworld's just - released e-book reader review round - up, but there is little doubt that its release has sparked a significant amount of interest as the competition among various contenders in the electronic book market heats up.