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e-Book Industry Facts:[1]
- On an annual basis, e-Book sales increased by 164.4% for 2010 vs. 2009 ($441.3M vs. $166.9M.)
- e-Book sales represented 8.32% of the trade book market in 2010 vs. 3.20% the previous year.
The digital format, including e-Books and audio books, is now the #1 format among all categories of trade publishing.
- According to Amazon, customers are downloading Kindle books more than hardcovers and paperbacks combined. The company sells 105 Kindle books for every 100 print books purchased.
- According to a report by Digital Entertainment Survey, 29% of e-reader owners were prepared to admit e-Book piracy, 36% of tablet owners confessed to piracy and 25% of those who admitted said they would continue to do so.
- There are approximately 68 specialized e-readers available, the most popular of which are Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes and Noble’s Nook and Sony Reader. Not to mention multifunctional tablets that are also capable of e-reading, most notably Apple’s iPad.
- There are also numerous formats for e-Books that are supported by different platforms.
- The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) develops and maintains EPUB as the standard format for reflowable digital books.
- Amazon’s Kindle uses the MOBI format.
- PDF is compatible with many platforms although it may not display optimally to all screens since the format is not reflowable.
- Microsoft supports the LIT format.
- And many others.
