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e-Books:Some Current Stats and Rankings

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A few recent postings about eBook data:

E-book bestseller chart with prices: 1st Feb 2011 UK

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson
Hard Landing by Stephen Leather
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
the basement by Stephen Leather
Confessions of a GP by Benjamin Daniels
The Last 10 Seconds by Simon Kernick
Sister by Rosamund Lupton
The Perfect Murder by Peter James

Overdrive’s Most Downloaded lists for UK, US, Australia, Canada

Most Downloaded Books from the Library (United States)

Most Downloaded Books from the Library (Canada)

Most Downloaded Books from the Library (Australia)

Most Downloaded Books from the Library (United Kingdom)

Interesting overlaps and cultural/national differences too.

E-book sales will outpace app revenue by 2013, says Yankee Group

“E-book sales will surge to $2.7 billion by 2013 with a compound annual growth rate of 72 percent, according to Yankee Group projections. That growth will outpace the mobile app market, which is expected to have revenue of $1.6 billion by 2013, with a compound annual growth rate of 62 percent.”

“The Yankee Group report, dubbed 2011 E-Book Forecast: Get Set for the Next Best-Seller, highlights how the e-book market is set to take off. By 2013, Yankee Group projects consumers will buy 381 million e-books. Average selling prices will fall to $7 in 2013, down from $9 in 2009.

Other key points from the report:
? Publishers will experiment with e-book rentals, ads and micropayments.
? Subscription models such as the ones Sesame Street offers may be the business model of the future. Sesame Street gives you access to 100 e-books for $40 a year.
? A fifth of consumers plan to ditch physical books.
? Students are going to drive e-book adoption.”
“? E-book unit sales will skyrocket. By 2013, U.S. consumers will purchase 381 million e-books, roughly four times the amount they purchased in 2010.
? E-books will bring in substantial revenues. In the next three years alone, e-book sales will grow at a CAGR of 72 percent to reach nearly U.S.$2.7 billion.
? Average selling prices of e-books will plummet. In 2010, consumers saw e-book prices fall 50 cents. This trend will continue. By 2013, the average e-book retail price will fall to $7, down from an average of more than $9 in 2009.
? New business models and content types will surface. Retailers and publishers continue to experiment with ad-supported, subscription, rental and ?freemium? business models in a bid to attract new segments of the population.”

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on February 02, 2011 (boomark / email).