Total trade revenues were up to $503.5 million in January 2012 from $396 million in January 2011, a 27.1% increase, according to the latest figures from the Association of American Publishers. E-books led the way with $128.8 million in revenue in January 2012 versus $73.2 million in January 2011, a 76% increase.
via digitalbookworld.com
По данным Американской ассоциации издателей общая торговая выручка января 2012 г. составила $503,5 млн (на 27% больше, чем год назад).
Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski on Wednesday challenged schools and companies to get digital textbooks in students’ hands within five years.
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План неплохой. Ещё бы стандарты были. А то K8 в лес, а iBooks по дрова.
The share of adults in the United States who own tablet computers nearly doubled from 10% to 19% between mid-December and early January and the same surge in growth also applied to e-book readers, which also jumped from 10% to 19% over the same time period.
The number of Americans owning at least one of these digital reading devices jumped from 18% in December to 29% in January.
via pewinternet.
Depressing new research by Forrester indicates that book publishers are becoming increasingly disheartened about the state of the industry: Only 28 percent of publishing executives think their company will be better off because of the transition to digital, down from 51 percent a year ago.
The survey was conducted among book publishing executives at publishers across the U.S. that represent 74 percent of U.S. publishing revenues. Forrester will present the full results of the study at Digital Book World in NYC on January 24, but the initial findings are as follows:
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«Жадные» американские авторы готовы делать бесплатные электронные учебники для школ и колледжей.
According to the Student Monitor, a private student market research company based in New Jersey, about 5 percent of all textbooks acquired in the autumn in the United States were digital textbooks. That is more than double the 2.1 percent of the spring semester.
Simba Information, a research company specializing in publishing, estimates that electronic textbooks will generate $267.3 million this year in sales in the United States. That is a rise of 44.
A recent Pew Internet Project report said e-reader adoption doubled in the U.S. from 6 percent in November 2010 to 12 percent in May 2011.
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Количество взрослых американцев с букридерами удвоилось с 14 млн (6%) в ноябре 2010 до 28 млн (12%) в мае 2011-го.
Продажи книг и цифровых книг в США (млн $):
2008: 5158 и 61
2009: 5127 и 169
2010: 4864 и 441
TOTAL DIGITAL MEDIA USE. Today a substantial proportion of the time that young children spend with screen media is spent with digital media — including computers, handheld and console video game players, and other interactive mobile devices such as cell phones, video iPods, and iPad-style tablet devices. Among 0- to 8-year-olds as a whole, a quarter (27%) of all screen time is spent with these digital devices.
MOBILE MEDIA. Half (52%) of all children now have access to one of the newer mobile devices at home: either a smartphone (41%), a video iPod (21%), or an iPad or other tablet device (8%).
cumulative numbers for the first seven months of 2011 contrasted against the same period of 2010 (with the same provisos as above, and figures in millions of dollars):
FORMAT 2010 2011 CHANGE Adult Hardcover 692.3 471.1 -17.8% Adult Trade Paperback 819.5 651.4 -20.5% Adult Mass Market PB 385.9 275.5 -28.6% Ebooks 221.7 560.5 152.8% AAP figures, courtesy of GalleyCat.
The Harris Poll also revealed one in six Americans who do not have an e-reader intend to buy one during the next six months. This may be welcomed by publishers as e-reader owners are reading more books, according to the survey. Overall, 16% of Americans read between 11 and 20 books per year with 20% reading more than 21. However, a third of those who own a Kindle, Nook or other device read 11-20 books a year with 27% reading more than 21.