After the arrival in Mexico of Amazon and Apple, ebook sales growth has slowed and some wonder what all the fuss was about, according to editors, publishers and entrepreneurs.
As BEA Opens: A New Global Ebook Report on a Mercurial World Market
BEA’s’ Director of International Affairs Rüdiger Wishenbart’s new Global Ebook Report cites continental Europe’s ebooks “stalling even earlier” than in US, UK.
Kobo’s Michael Tamblyn on the Age of E-Reading
Ebook sales are driven by people over 50, according to Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn. Here he talks about designing better ebooks and e-readers to encourage sales.
German Ebook Sales Reaches 4.3% Of Overall Book Market
Statistics from the publishers association show that German ebook sales have stabilized, with prices dropping year over year, and print sales are up.
In Germany: Ebooks Less Than 10% of Market, Tolino Grows
Ronald Schild, CEO at Germany’s MVB, discusses developments in German ebook sales — which still command just a single digit market share — and the Tolino ebook platform.
Print Continues to Outsell Digital During First Half of 2014
New numbers from Nielsen Books & Consumer show that ebook sales were outsold by both hardcovers and paperbacks in the first half of 2014.
Oceano Moves Into Ebooks, Mines Smaller Spanish Markets
Oceano, one of the largest Spanish-language publishers, has finally launched a line of ebook titles out of its Mexico subsidiary aimed at Latin America.
At Orion Party, Publisher Praises E-sales to 179 Countries
At the UK Orion Author Party, 95-year-old Lord Weidenfeld’s presence contrasted with the news that the Hachette Group sold more than 70m ebooks last year.
BookBub Ebook Deals Site Closes in on 1.5 Million Subscribers
With the simple concept of alerting readers to a curated list of discounted ebooks, Bookbub has attracted nearly 1.5 million users in just a year.
Has UK E-Book Adoption Reached a Plateau?
The UK has seen a slight slowdown in e-book sales growth over the last year. Does this mean e-books have reached a plateau among readers? Michael Bhaskar examines the situation.