By Siobhan O’Leary
Hamburg-based IT service provider Heubach Media announced that in just six months, 100,000 e-books were downloaded via its mobile apps. Heubach project manager Steffen Kohlhagen told BuchMarkt, “Six-figure downloads demonstrate the high acceptance of e-books on the iPhone.”
Online book and media portal Buch.de announced positive results for the first half of the year, said Boersenblatt. Sales for the group increased by 8.8% over the same period last year to 33.1 million euros.