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Цены, конечно, зачудительные. Но интересно, насколько модель будет жизнеспособной.

Любопытное развитие рынка: менее, чем за год пользователи читалок в США сильно повзрослели - 51% старше 45 лет (30% старше 55), причём 9 месяцев назад старше 45-ти лет было 40% (25% старше 55). Та же тенденция с пользователями планшетников: 37% старше 45 (19% старше 55), а три квартала назад — 23% старше 45-ти (10% ещё старше). Половая структура тоже поменялась — в III кв 2010 букридеры были по преимуществу у мужчин (54%), теперь — у женщин (61%).

В Госдуму в среду внесен законопроект, который отменяет компенсационные сборы за воспроизведение аудиовизуальных произведений уже после их покупки в личных целях. Авторами выступили депутаты от ЛДПР во главе с руководителем фракции Игорем Лебедевым, сообщает ИТАР-ТАСС со ссылкой на аппарат нижней палаты парламента. via newsru.com

via techcrunch.com Питер Тиль денег дал. Надо попробовать.

Both Kindle and iPad saw a 40% increase in searches in the busy post-Christmas period around Boxing Day and 27 December 2010. Searches for iPads also increased dramatically in the first week of March 2011 when the iPad 2 was launched. However, after the launch of the iPad 2 searches have flattened out and now iPad consistently receives twice as much search volume as the Kindle. via weblogs.hitwise.com

PAN MACMILLAN AUSTRALIA announced today the launch of MOMENTUM, its new digital-only imprint. Momentum will publish an exciting and vibrant list of new works from established and emerging authors, as well as partnering with agents and individual copyright holders to digitally republish titles that are currently unavailable in print. Publishing ebooks and utilising print-on-demand (POD) technology, Momentum aims to make new and old books more accessible than ever before.

The research question of this study was, how does giving away digital books influence the print sales of those books? In the 10 weeks following the free books being made available, sales of the seven books studied increased 25.9%. via quod.lib.umich.edu Deseret Book решило десяток книжек с падающими продажами отдать на свободное скачивание. Экономисты проанализировали эффект: рост продаж на 26%. Это, правда, второе исследование такого рода. До этого эксперимент ставил O’Рейли ещё в 2008 году.

Futuresource Consulting, a UK-based consulting firm, published the research on e-books and e-readers. “Despite all this rapid growth in demand for e-books in Western Europe, the market is still in its infancy, representing less than 1 percent of total consumer spending on books,” Futuresource market analyst Fiona Hoy said. “Moving forward, there are enormous opportunities within the market and our forecasts show Western European e-book revenues will reach €1.6 billion by 2015, accounting for 15% of total book spend and representing one out of every five books sold in the region.

E Ink says that displays for e-book readers are in such high demand that its tripling every year. They say that the number of e-readers sold in 2011 could reach 25-30 million, 3 times the number sold in 2010. DisplaySearch estimates that about 27 million units will be shipped in 2011. via e-reader-info.com EInk, видимо, знает, что говорит. К этому правда, видимо, надо добавить какое-то количество экранов от SiPix — тоже «бумага».

“Let’s say my goal is to sell 10,000 copies of something. And let’s say that if by putting DRM in it I sell 10,000 copies and I make my money, and if by having no DRM 100,000 copies go into circulation and I still sell 10,000 copies. Which of those is the better outcome? I think having 100,000 [books] in circulation and selling 10,000 is way better than having just the 10,000 that are paid for and nobody else benefits.