Global eBook 2017

The Global eBook Report 2017 is highlighting, and measuring the relevant international trends: Tracking main market developments and the diversity of relevant drivers in North and South America, Europe, and Asia; The segmentation of book markets in print and digital; European ebook markets in great and previously unavailable detail, based on in depth data provided by leading distributors; Ebooks in the context of the overall transformation in international publishing; Global players, and their impact on re-shaping the international business of books.By 2017, ebooks are so much more than yet another format and edition of printed books. Instead, in a global perspective, with in depth data analysis allow a realistic and precise understanding of how consumer publishing has become a highly diverse and segmented business, with hugely different developments in the big English language countries, in continental Europe and in emerging economies.

Table of ContentsAboutExecutive summaryThe global digitalBooks in the global digital market placeEnglish language ebook marketsHow today's ebook got startedUnited StatesUnited KingdomContributed article: Bookwire's Jens Klingelhöfer on 'A Great Battle for Customers'Beyond the English language worldEbooks in EuropeGermanyFranceContributed article Klopotek: Welcome to the Big Picture of handling your rights businessSpainItalyThe NetherlandsScandinavia: SwedenCentral and Eastern EuropeContributed article Copyright Clearance Center: The Road to Digital TransformationEmerging marketsMore than one worldBrazilChinaRussiaKeydrivers and debatesThe expansion of global and regional platforms: Amazon, Apple, Kobo and TolinoSelf-publishingOutlook and perspectivesYellow Pages