Trade publishers say ebook sales will not reach 10% until 2012

Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Wed, 23/03/2011 - 11:58 A third of UK trade publishers think that over 10% of their total book revenue will come from ebooks by 2012, according to new research released by Publishing Technology at BML’s annual Books & Consumers Conference. The survey, which asked "hand-picked senior executives at top publishers" their views, showed that one in four UK academic publishers were already seeing 10% of their total book revenue coming from ebooks in 2011, with double that predicting this would be the case in 2012. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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