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Trade E-Book Publishing 2009

Mar 31, 2009
100 Pages - Pub ID: CURP2089080

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Executive Summary
Chapter 1: E-Book Usage: Myths & Realities

Introduction: ‘Print the Legend’
- Yes or No?
Table 1.1: E-Book Overview: Percentage of U.S. Adults Who Have Read/Purchased an E-Book in the Last 12 Months
Table 1.2: E-Book Overview: Have You Read or Purchased E-Books Over the Past 12 Months?
Table 1.3: U.S. Wholesale Electronic Book Sales, 2002-2008

Chapter 2: Trends & User Demographics in the E-Book Marketplace

Introduction
E-Books Subject to Same ‘Consumer Bandwith’ Issues as Print Titles
Experimenting with Price Options
Difficulties with Digital Rights Management
Bestsellers Mostly Mimic Print Titles
New Books
- Top Titles Overall
- Top Authors
- Top Imprints
E-Books and the Children’s/YA Segment
The Demographics of the Electronic Book Buyer
- Gender
- Age Group
- Marital Status
- Children in Household
- By Employment Status
- Educational Attainment
- Race/Ethnicity
- Urban vs. Suburban Locale
- Geographic Region
- By Household Income
Table 2.1: Overview of Book Purchasing Population (U.S. Adults): Customer Trends for Print Books
Table 2.2: Number of E-Books Read in the Past 12 Months
Table 2.3: Average Price, Top 25 Bestsellers, July-December 2008
Table 2.4: Select Price Changes for Bestselling Titles, 2008
Table 2.5: Composite List Overview
Table 2.6: Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Series by Consolidated Rating, July-December 2008
Table 2.7: Top 50 New Titles, July-December 2008
Table 2.8: Top 50 Titles, July-December 2008
Table 2.9: Top 20 Titles for Amazon Kindle, July-December 2008
Table 2.10: Top 20 Titles for Sony Reader, July-December 2008
Table 2.11: Top 50 Authors, July-December 2008
Table 2.12: Top 50 Imprints, July-December 2008
Table 2.13: Class Share of Bestsellers
Table 2.14: E-Book Demographics by Gender
Table 2.15: E-Book Demographics by Age Group
Table 2.16: E-Book Demographics by Marital Status
Table 2.17: E-Book Demographics by Children in Household
Table 2.18: E-Book Demographics by Employment Status
Table 2.19: E-Book Demographics by Educational Attainment
Table 2.20: E-Book Demographics by Race/Ethnicity
Table 2.21: E-Book Demographics by Residence
Table 2.22: E-Book Demographics by Urban/Suburban Locale
Table 2.23: E-Book Demographics by Geographic Region
Table 2.24: E-Book Demographics by Income Bracket

Chapter 3: Trade E-Book Publishing: Category Analysis

Introduction
Category Growth
Top Categories
Advice & How-To
Biographies & Memoir
Business & Investing
Children’s Chapter Books
Fantasy
Fiction
History
Humor
Lifestyle & Home
Literary Fiction
Mystery & Thriller
Parenting & Families
Politics & Current Events
Reference
Religion & Spirituality
Romance
Science
Science Fiction
Sports
Table 3.1: Amazon Kindle Category Growth by Category Size, July-December 2008
Table 3.2: Sony Reader Categories, December 2008
Table 3.3: Top 20 Trade Book Categories, July-December 2008
Table 3.4: Top Kindle/Sony Categories, July-December 2008
Table 3.5: Bestselling Advice & How-To Titles, July-December 2008
Table 3.6: Advice & How-To on Bestseller Lists, July-December 2008
Table 3.7: Bestselling Biographies & Memoir Titles, July-December 2008
Table 3.8: Biographies & Memoirs on Bestseller Lists, July-December 2008
Table 3.9: Bestselling Business & Investing Titles, July-December 2008
Table 3.10: Business & Investing on Bestseller Lists, July-December 2008
Table 3.11: Bestselling Children’s Chapter Books, July-December 2008
Table 3.12: Children’s Chapter Books on Bestseller Lists, July-December 2008
Table 3.13: Bestselling Fantasy Books, July-December 2008
Table 3.14: Fantasy on Bestseller Lists, July-December 2008
Table 3.15: Bestselling Fiction Titles, July-December 2008
Table 3.16: Fiction on Bestseller Lists, July-December 2008
Table 3.17: Bestselling History Titles, July-December 2008
Table 3.18: History on Bestseller Lists, July-December 2008
Table 3.19: Bestselling Humor Titles, July-December 2008
Table 3.20: Bestselling Lifestyle & Home Titles, July-December 2008
Table 3.21: Bestselling Literary Fiction Titles, July-December 2008
Table 3.22: Literary Fiction on Bestseller Lists, January-December 2008
Table 3.23: Bestselling Mystery & Thriller Titles, July-December 2008
Table 3.24: Mystery & Thrillers on Bestseller Lists, July-December 2008
Table 3.25: Bestselling Parenting & Families Titles, July-December 2008
Table 3.26: Bestselling Politics & Current Events Titles, July-December 2008
Table 3.27: Politics & Current Events on Bestseller Lists, July-December 2008
Table 3.28: Bestselling Reference Titles, July-December 2008
Table 3.29: Bestselling Religion & Spirituality Titles, July-December 2008
Table 3.30: Religion & Spirituality on Bestseller Lists, July-December 2008
Table 3.31: Bestselling Romance Titles, July-December 2008
Table 3.32: Romance on Bestseller Lists, July-December 2008
Table 3.33: Bestselling Science Titles, July-December 2008
Table 3.34: Bestselling Science Fiction Titles, July-December 2008
Table 3.35: Science Fiction on Bestseller Lists, July-December 2008
Table 3.36: Bestselling Sports Titles, July-December 2008

Chapter 4: BlackBerry, iPhone, Kindle, PC: Platforms for E-Book Consumption

Introduction
The Evolution of E-Book Formats
The Platforms
- The Personal Computer
- Mobile Phone or PDA
- The Apple iPhone
- Dedicated Reading Devices
- Sony Corp.
- Amazon’s Kindle
Future Devices
The Most Popular Devices Today
Table 4.1: Devices Used to Read E-Books

Chapter 5: Recommendations and Conclusions