The challenge facing Publishers: Digital disruption

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There were 530,000

new titles in print by 2011*

8%a growth of

since 200710%

Total book sales are declining in Europe. eBook sales are growing but are not �lling the gap

The number of publishing formats isincreasing

Amazon’s share of DRDs

fell below

50%

Apple’s share of tablets

fell below

50%

Dedicated eReader sales slow

as market share is diversifying. There

are three signi�cant share shifts:

Publishing in multiple formats

increases costsshorter print runs due to diversi�cation of formats signi�cantly increases costs.In some cases by up to

Publishing in multiple formats

increases costs

96%

*European Book Publishing statistics Nov 2012

*Genesis Analytics calculationsbased on industry role-playerdiscussions 2006

The challenge facing publishers can beexplained through the simple equation:

Tablet salesnow exceed

dedicated eReaders

yetonly 6%

*Source: Idate 2011

Lower sales + more titles + more formats= increased costs and lower pro�tability

fewer printed books sold in Europesince the introduction of eBooks*

of the shortfall has been �lled by eBook sales