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Index
The Global eBook Report
I. About the Global eBook Report
1. Executive Summary
II. Mapping and Understanding the Emerging Global eBook Markets
2. Beyond ebooks: The ecosystem of digital books and reading
A global book business versus national cultures, fairness and pride
New paradigms and new challenges
Global players versus local taxation
Oddities of contratictory tax regimes
The complexities of localization
The politics of piracy
Global contexts: How books become embedded in the digital universe
Global mapping initiatives
3. The ambitions, and the limitations of this study
4. Advertorial Klopotek. How Soon Is Now?
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Manage products that do not even yet exist
Modern planning and production–in its true sense
Metadata is the key to online sales success
Emerging models for libraries
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III. Profiles of Markets and Selected Global Actors
5. English Language eBook Markets
United States
The US ebook market in 2012
United Kingdom
The UK ebook market in 2012
6. Advertorial Bookwire
Availability and discoverability in a global eBook market.
7. Europe
Germany
Earlier developments in 2012 and 2011
Dedicated ebook publishers and distributors in Germany
France
Earlier developments in France 2012
The political and cultural context for ebooks in France
Selected distributors and new ebook ventures in 2012 and 2013
Spain
Earlier developments
Distribution and specialized ventures
Italy
Earlier developments
Distribution and specialized ventures
Sweden
Distribution and specialized ventures
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Distributors
Austria
Poland
Central and Eastern Europe: eBooks in English and Local Languages
The accelerating impact of English reading
The emerging role of ebooks in Central and Eastern Europe
Slovenia
Lithuania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Serbia
8. Advertorial Copyright Clearance Center
New Licensing Solutions for a Changing Publishing Industry
9. Emerging Markets
Russia
The evolution of the Russian ebook market
Main actors in the (legal) Russian ebook market
Brazil
Update fall 2013
The good problem of Brazilian taxes
eGovernment
Distributors and aggregators
eRetailers
China
Update fall 2013
The ambitious plan ahead—combining content and capital (2012)
Status of the ebook sector
The book publishing environment
Online literature
Key players in the digital environment
eBook distribution
International cooperative ventures
India: Taking rapid strides
Overview of book publishing in India
Readers’ demographics
Technological infrastructure
Elearning content
Ebook publishing
Formats and pricing
Self publishing
Localisation efforts
Arab eBook Market
10. The Expansion of Global Platforms
Amazon
Amazon’s International Growth
Apple
The international expansion of Apple’s iTunes and iBookstore
Barnes & Noble
Google
Kobo
11. Forces Shaping the eBook Markets: Key Drivers and Debates
Ebook Bestsellers and Ebook Pricing Strategies in Europe
Contradictory strategies
The biggest publishers are getting bigger in ebooks
Self-publishing
Regulatory frameworks
Copyright legislation
Receptiveness for foreign (English) reading
eBook piracy in Europe: The example and debate in Germany, and related findings
Methodological issues with regard to the research on piracy
Controversial debates, legal initiatives, and contradictory practices in Europe
Coordinated efforts for tracking and takedown campaigns
France
Germany
Backgrounds and earlier developments in Germany
DRM: The debate on protecting ebooks
Preliminary conclusions on ebook piracy
IV. Outlook and Projections
12. The Accelerated Transformation of the Ecosystem of Publishing and Reading
13. Acknowledgments
About the authors of this report
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Copyright
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