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Nielsen Books & Consumers survey shows UK ebook sales up 20 percent in 2013
Research firm Nielsen has just released its Books & Consumers survey for the UK book market in 2013, and the data shows ebooks forging ahead against a marginal decline in overall purchases in...
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Which is the right ebook pricing trend?
Two contrasting data points on ebook pricing this week point up the question of what the right price points are for ebooks. In the blue corner, we have the Digital Book World Ebook Best-Seller List,...
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Why books are no way headed for the dumpbin of history
There can be all kinds of disputes about the future form and the proper sales and distribution model of the book, but there is one thing that could certainly kill books stone dead in the long run: if...
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Latest Nielsen UK figures show ebooks eating into soft covers
The latest figures brought together in the Books & Consumers 2013 UK Annual Review from Nielsen Book, which “provides an overview of consumer book purchasing in the UK in 2013 compared to 2012,...
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UK publishers boast big bucks – authors scrabble for crumbs
The UK publishing industry appears to be in rude (or at least, moderately insulting) good health, according to figures from the Nielsen conference BookInsights, quoted in Publishing Perspectives and...
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London Book Fair relaunches Quantum for LBF 2016 with “data-driven” Nielsen...
The London Book Fair has announced the relaunch for LBF 2016 of its technology-focused Monday event, hitherto known as Publishing for Digital Minds, as Quantum: Publishing & So Much More. The LBF...
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Self-publishing, Big Five have gained U.S. market shares, if you go by Nielsen
Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 is in the rearview mirror. But there were a few noteworthy tidbits gleaned from last month’s event, especially market-share gains by self-publishing and the Big Five. At least,...
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Data Guy, Joe Konrath, whip up a storm round Porter Anderson’s AuthorEarnings...
A response on Publishing Perspectives by Porter Anderson to the latest AuthorEarnings report looks to have called out all the big names in self-publishing and e-publishing analysis and advocacy: Joe...
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Latest e-reader numbers show how skewed AAP ebook figures are
The latest eMarketer data on U.S. e-reader usage – already covered by Chris Meadows – provides some interesting perspective on those much-vaunted Association of American Publishers (AAP) figures...
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Generation X uses tablets the most—but do they read e-books?
What do you know? It turns out tablets were made for me! Or my generation, anyway. Media Life Magazine reports on a study showing that Generation X—defined as 35-to-44-year-olds—are the heaviest tablet...
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