While Joanna focuses on sharing wisdom gained from her trip, she also briefly discusses the potential
of global ebook markets as technology moves forward in countries, for example, like India.
But he spoke primarily in the interview towards authors who are interested in getting their books into a wider variety
of global ebook markets, especially self - published authors who want to use platforms like Kobo's Writing Life to distribute their ebooks.
This trend of increasing ebook sales is partially driven by the emergence
of global ebook markets.
The Kindle Paperwhite 2 is certainly one of the most popular e-readers in the world, and Amazon currently controls 70 %
of the global eBook market.
Amazon's share
of the global ebook market is high, but on the long term, it is worth working with many stores, just to have more feet on the ground.
Thalia, txtr and many other companies use their stock encryption, but all of these stores only account for 4 %
of the global eBook market.
Not to mention that both of these companies are juggernauts and Amazon is thought to control over 60 %
of the global ebook market.
Amazon is thought to control at least 60 %
of the global ebook market and controlling popular brand extensions would be a savvy move.
With an estimated 60 - 65 %
of the global ebook market, Amazon is the only retailer with the power to force these difficult decisions upon authors.
One year ago we published the first edition
of our Global Ebook Market report.
Not exact matches
Industry estimates are that
ebooks will be nearing 50 %
of the entire
global book
market by the end
of 2014.
The new partnership with INscribe Digital — a digital publishing services provider
of global eBook distribution, content conversion and
marketing services to the publishing community — will help the 3M Cloud Library system dramatically expand its offerings with emerging publishers.
Amazon is the largest
ebook seller in the world and is thought to control over 45 %
of the
global market.
There are some things that authors must keep in mind, though, especially when considering the implications
of a
global ebook retail
market.
The international rollout is taking longer than anticipated, with Nook still focused in the US, UK, and now Australia (some additional
global markets can access the Nook
ebook store through specific tablet apps, however), but at a time when there's a high rate
of turnover within the digital division, maintaining a slow but steady pace
of international growth may be the smarter move to take.
Thematic chapters focus on critical policy debates and on key driving forces, notably
ebook bestsellers and pricing strategies across European
markets, self - publishing, regulation, piracy, and the expanding activities
of the leading
global players such as Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Google, and Kobo.
According to Going
Global: How to sell your
ebook in the German
market by Birgit Kluger, Amazon Kindle has ~ 41 %
of the
market share, followed by Thalia ~ 14 %, Weltbild ~ 13 %, iTunes ~ 10 %.
The accompanying rise
of eBooks on a
global scale has further increased the volume and complexity
of the indie book
market, raising standards and increasing the need for quality control.
Yoichi Yasumoto, CEO
of BookWalker also observed that the addition
of Yen Press manga and light novels is yet another way that BookWalker
Global is gearing up to match the
market - leading performance
of the BookWalker Japan
eBook store:
Amazon basically controls 79 %
of the entire
global eBook market, Kobo likely in second place overall.
One such
global branch, Germany, is now Amazon's second largest retail
market, which is interesting considering that only a few years ago Germany was considered a slow adopter
of ebooks due to strange legal ramifications that taxes
ebooks at a much higher percentage than print.
In 2012, the
global ebook market saw $ 859 million in confirmed sales, up from the original estimate
of $ 567 million made earlier last year.
With so much emphasis placed on the expansion into foreign
markets at this year's FutureBook event, where even the major
ebook distribution platforms were discussing their investment and planning in
global expansion, self - published authors truly stand to benefit from the opening
of larger reader
markets, but only if... [Read more...]
With the partnership with interactive
ebook designers and the ability to
market the title through the App store along with every other
ebook, the possibility
of reaching
global audiences with a cost - effective but engaging title was realized.
With so much emphasis placed on the expansion into foreign
markets at this year's FutureBook event, where even the major
ebook distribution platforms were discussing their investment and planning in
global expansion, self - published authors truly stand to benefit from the opening
of larger reader
markets, but only if they are prepared to do so.
The
global eBook market is one
of the fastest growing segments
of the consumer technology industry.
She is now in her ninth year
of publishing the Weird & Wacky Holiday
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of becoming the # 1
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marketing book on Amazon and named in Dan Poynter's
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«Right now putting an
ebook into Amazon and having them sell it on autopilot can get a lot more
of the total
market than will be the case over time as a more fully articulated and
global ebook infrastructure builds out.»
Source:
Global eBook Market Current Conditions and Future Projections (Rudiger Wischenbart), Average prices, in euros, for the top ten fiction bestsellers in the US, first week
of September 2011 (Publishers Weekly, The Bookseller / Nielsen, Livres Hebdo / Ipsos, and Der Spiegel / buchreport).
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.
A couple
of years ago the TOC team launched the
Global Ebook Market Report with Ruediger Wischenbart.
«Our remarkable
global book printing network,
ebook creation tools, and distribution services are now available to a new generation
of publishers and entrepreneurs to serve their
markets at lower cost, more profitably than ever before possible.»
Our objective is to increase your
ebook sales with a
global reach and help you understand the
market and the performance
of your
ebooks.
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 %).
Explaining the measures, the company said in a statement that PriceMinister had been «affected by the competitive environment
of the French e-commerce
market,» while its write - down for Kobo was a result
of «a slower start to the rise
of the
global ebook industry than we originally expected.»
Perhaps not to North America, where the rhetoric in the wake
of the «war over
ebooks» is at its loudest and where the
global nature
of the English speaking
market affords the largest publishing houses to take a position
of splendid isolation.
Rakuten's commitment to and confidence in the
ebook market is evident in the purchase
of OverDrive and continuing investments in Kobo's
global growth.»
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 Weekl
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 Weekl
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).
But as
market fragmentation accelerates, and glocalizing stores like Google Play, now 44
ebook stores worldwide, and — to a lesser extent — Kobo, compete with the other international players like «txtr (18 international
ebook stores, plus partner stores) and Sony (seven
global stores) and the many hundreds
of new White Label stores that WILL materialize worldwide through 2014, it's essential indies are in distribution networks that will get you everywhere.