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August 20th, 2009

Ebook sales in the German market

News from Germany courtesy of one of our readers – Johannes Haupt. He says:

Hey Paul,

some news from the german market: 65.000 ebooks sold here in the first half-year, according to an panel-study of the well-known gfk institute (http://www.gfk.com/). Average price of sale was arround 10 euro, most popular sectors were fictional ebooks and advisors. The Market got a massive impulse through the the local launch of Sony Reader PRS 505 in march so majority of the ebook sales occured in Q2.
Problem here is that most bestsellers are not avaible as ebooks. In addition price level is still way to high (often ebook=hardcover) and there’s an absence of really convenient devices.

http://www.lesen.net/ebooks/deutschland-65000-ebook-verkaeufe-im-1-halbjahr-894/

Bye
Johannes

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