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  Russia’s Burgeoning E-Book Market

  1169 readers That’s the title of an article in Shelf Awareness: As the number of available e-book titles continues to increase and prices fall, Russians are exhibiting an “increasing affinity for reading on screens, [but] market players caution that it will be a long time before e-books replace printed titles,” Moscow Times reported, noting that the “size of

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  IDPF Digital Book 2011: The Year of the eBook – Globally

  1194 readersMichael Tamblyn, Kobo Books: Launched December, 2009.  David vs. Goliath story: ecommerce, bricks and mortar, search.  10 months to get 1st million users, 70 days tyo get second million users.  Delivered books to 200 countries, 200 employees.  Year past: 5 things learned – 1. happening faster than we ever thought;  2. price landscape has changed,

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  Foreign E-Book Sales Increase 333% For U.S. Publishers in 2011

  775 readersBy Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World, @JDGsaid Foreign e-book sales for U.S. publishers turned a corner in 2011, according to a new report. Sales of e-books by U.S. publishers to readers in other countries increased to $21.5 million in 2011 from $4.9 million in 2010, a 333% increase, according to a report released today from the

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  E-reader market doubles in UK, predicted to double every year world-wide

  3562 readersE-readers have been doing pretty well lately. The Bookseller reports that the e-reader market in the UK doubled over Christmas, showing that 7% of British adults received a new e-reader during that time, bringing the total percentage of e-reader adoption by adults to 13%. The Kindle and iPad were the fastest-growing devices, but 19% of

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  Japan’s publishers discuss how to develop their country’s ebook market

  2345 readersOver at Publishing Perspectives, Hannah Johnson reports on a panel at the recent Tokyo International Book Fair where publishers discussed ebooks in Japan. It’s an interesting look at what some publishers think, especially if you’ve read Robin Birtle’s Innovation in the Japanese eBook Market that we posted last week. From Johnson’s report: One of the roadblocks to

• E-Book Market in Russia Tiny, But Growing

  574 readers At $2.2 million and accounting for less than 1% of all book sales, the e-book market in Russia is tiny compared to the U.S., where e-book revenues near $1 billion. From The Moscow Times (Commuting and Content Driving E-Book Growth): The country’s burgeoning e-book market is seeing dramatic growth rates, with an ever-increasing number of titles available

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  UNESCO Forum 2011: Spain Concerned About E-Piracy; Japanese Mobile E-books Hit $700m Sales in 2010

  1920 readersAt the UNESCO World Forum on Culture and Cultural Industries, Nicholas Gary of ActuaLitté interviewed participants about the most urgent issues facing publishing today. By Nicholas Gary, editor of ActuaLitté Today we look at the markets in Spain and Japan, with Milagros Del Corral., the former Director of National Library of Spain and Chair of the Scientific

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  The Role, Importance, and Power of Words in the Age of Ebooks.

  1336 readersToday it is the turn of Alexa Russell, a guest writer, to discuss her feelings about the usage of English in the age of electronic media. Read on, the word is with Alexa now. ———————————————————————————————– The Role, Importance, and Power of Words On eBookAnoid, the range of topics associated with e-books runs the gamut from a post decrying the

• Russian E-Book Market Doubles in 2011 to $4.4 Million

  543 readers On a very small base, the Russian e-book market saw huge growth in 2011, according to a new study (E-Book Market in Russia Doubles in 2011): Legal sales of e-books in Russia increased almost 2.3 times in 2011, marking a third year of explosive growth, though remaining modest in absolute terms, the Federal Press and Mass

• Another Sign Children’s Digital Publishing Is Turning a Corner

  427 readersAt a press review of its digital publishing capabilities at Book Expo America, Disney Publishing put on an impressive show. According to the company, Disney is the largest children’s book publisher in the world, selling over 700 million books a year in 85 countries and 75 languages. On the digital side, it’s much smaller at 3