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  Bowker releases results of global ebook survey

  1253 readers Part of this was released earlier at the Publishing Industry Conference. From the press release: Australia, India, the U.K. and the U.S. are leading the world in e-book adoption rates, according to Bowker Market Research’s Global eBook Monitor, The study tracks consumer attitudes to and purchasing of e-books in major world markets. Bowker Market Research is

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  80% Of Global Readers Aware Books Can Be Downloaded: Bowker

  797 readersReaders in France and Japan are less likely than readers in Australia, India, the U.K. and the U.S. to read eBooks, according to Bowker Market Research’s Global eBook Monitor study. In France, only five percent of respondents and in Japan only eight percent of respondents had purchased an eBook. In the study, Bowker looked at consumer attitudes

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  BSIG study reveals ebook buyers are accelerating their move away from print

  2859 readersFrom the press release.  BSIG is the Book Industry Study Group which is a research group funded by membership – primarily from the publishing industry: Results from the most recent survey in VOLUME TWO show: Fiction continues to dominate downloads, with literary fiction, science fiction, and romance each comprising over 20% of all format purchases.

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  74% Of Book Buyers Have Never Bought An eBook

  749 readerseBook sales increased 17% in 2011 according to research from R.R. Bowker. In a presentation at the Digital Book World conference this week, Kelly Gallagher, VP, publishing services at R.R. Bowker, shared this data. Interestingly, 74% of book buyers have never bought an eBook, though 14% of these people own either a tablet or an eReader. “They may

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  Book Discovery Gets More Complicated

  324 readers Reader behavior is changing much faster than you might think. In 2011, nearly half of consumers changed their book-buying habits. About two thirds of books are bought in stores or online and the rest in nearly a dozen other places. And people discover new books in up to 44 different ways, all according to data from

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  E-Book Adoption in U.S. Nearing 25%, India and Brazil Best New Opportunity

  468 readersBy Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World, @JDGsaid In April and March, nearly a quarter of Americans tried reading an e-book, up from about 20% in February, according to new data from Bowker. In a presentation at the Publishers Launch conference in New York mostly focused on international adoption of e-books and e-reading, Bowker’s president of publishing

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  Store Closures Could Hurt Book Discovery

  1286 readersBookstore closings is a bad sign for publishers, as book discover is still largely driven by store shelves. According to Peter Hildick-Smith, President of the Codex Group, who spoke on a panel of analysts at the O’Reilly “Tools of Change” confere...

• Shopping and Catalog Apps Provide More Tailored Experiences than Mobile Browsers

  750 readersResults released from consumer survey of mobile purchasing behavior In recent months, retail catalogers have increasingly expressed interest in producing apps that drive revenue and consumer engagement on tablet and mobile device. Today, we’re releasing the results of a new study that examines the purchasing and usage behaviors of consumers on mobile devices. The 2013 Digital Publishing

• E-Book Buyers Buying More E- and Print-Books Online, Less in Stores, Study Says

  584 readers PRESS RELEASE: E-Book Consumers Drive More Sales and More Dollars through Apps and Online Retails, says BISG Study New York, New York (February 28, 2012) – E-book consumers are increasing their purchase of books—both print and e-book formats—online and especially through in-app purchasing, and decreasing their use of brick-and-mortar stores, according to the Book Industry Study Group

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  E-books, they really are going global

  898 readers Australia and India