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Should self-published authors use an e-book conversion service?

Juli Monroe — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:22:05 +0000

I’ve written plenty on this site about e-book conversion (most recently here and here), and I almost skipped over the Bowker press release. I’m glad I decided to investigate further. Okay, quick details first. From the release: Once an author has decided to self-publish, the next step of creating an eBook alongside print is obvious [...]

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The Metadata Handbook Published in Both PDF and Print

Aggregated Content — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 16:30:08 +0000

Source: Press Release First guidebook for book publishers outlining how metadata for books operates in the real world DataCurate announces the publication of The Metadata Handbook, a one-stop guide for book publishers — large, small, and independent — offering help in understanding how metadata works and outlining the essential components of successful metadata creation and [...]

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Impelsys’ iPublishCentral Platform Powers New Bowker “Book as an Android App”

Aggregated Content — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:44:16 +0000

PRESS RELEASE Impelsys, a global leader in providing electronic content delivery solutions, is powering the new Bowker ”Book as an Android App” with its iPublishCentral software platform. “Book as an Android App” allows authors and small publishers to use Bowker’s www.myidentifiers.com to create Android-compatible e-book apps from any PDF or ePub document, opening new sales channels [...]

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Show Notes: Report from the Digital Book World Marketing and Discoverability Conference

a TeleRead Contributor — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:30:32 +0000

By Brian Howard | for Book Business “If you came here looking for a map, good luck,” joked Perseus Book Group’s Rick Joyce, noting that figuring out the new world of discoverbility is “not about map following, but about map building.” While the metaphor might seem extreme, when it comes to marketing and discoverability in the [...]

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Bowker Research Shows Australia is a Global Leader in E-Book Adoption

Paul Biba — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:19:59 +0000

From the press release by the Book Industry Study Group: …The Global eBook Monitor finds that men are slightly more likely to have engaged with the digital book market than women. The 18-24 age group leads in use, just a little ahead of those aged 25-34. However, that may change shortly. ‘Although current e-book use [...]

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Bowker: British Kids Read Their e-Books On a Bigger Screen & More UK Adults Buying e-Books

Gary Price, Editor of InfoDocket.com — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:11:00 +0000

From the Bowker Announcement: British children aged 10 and under are reading e-books, but on laptops rather than designated devices like the Amazon Kindle. Once they turn 11, they embrace the Kindle as their most widely used device for e-book consumption. These insights are courtesy of Bowker Market Research’s Understanding the Digital Consumer project, an [...]

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Bowker releases results of global ebook survey

Paul Biba — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:28:48 +0000

Part of this was released earlier at the Publishing Industry Conference. From the press release: Australia, India, the U.K. and the U.S. are leading the world in e-book adoption rates, according to Bowker Market Research’s Global eBook Monitor, The study tracks consumer attitudes to and purchasing of e-books in major world markets. Bowker Market Research [...]

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Are ebook sales reaching a plateau?

a TeleRead Contributor — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:34:31 +0000

From Dead Tree Edition: When the U.S. magazine industry gets hot and bothered about the latest craze, you can usually bet that trend is about to run out of steam. E-books were the talk of many magazine people at this week’s Publishing Business Conference in New York, my spies tell me. The web – which [...]

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Two Studies: British University Students Still Crave Print Over eBooks & US: Tablet Ownership, eReading, and Students

Gary Price, Editor of InfoDocket.com — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:23:52 +0000

From a BML Bowker Announcement: While the majority of the U.K.’s undergraduate students are now using e-books, none are yet relying on them as a primary source of information. Print continues its hold as a key resource for at least two-thirds of students. That’s one of the key findings of a major new study that [...]

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The Growth Of The UK Ebook Market

Eoin Purcell — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:08:49 +0000

Really fascinating glimpse of the development of the UK ebook business from BML/Bowker (as a teaser for their annual conference in March): The survey also looks at how the e-book industry fares by genre. The adult fiction market saw spectacular e-book growth in 2011, up from 2.8% of purchases in the four weeks ending 26th [...]

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Bowker launches internation ebook monitoring project

Paul Biba — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:33:53 +0000

From the press release: “Being able to track the growth rates of e-books on a global level as countries make the shift to digital books is significant,” said Kelly Gallagher, vice-president of publishing services for Bowker. “This landmark effort will provide the international publishing industry with key metrics in understanding digital opportunities as they emerge.” [...]

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Peak book value, by Eric Hellman

a TeleRead Contributor — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:21:00 +0000

“Don’t be an author unless you can’t not be an author” was the triple negative I heard at recent author’s panel in my town. The speaker was a literary agent offering scant encouragement to hopeful authors. Making a living by writing books is just so difficult these days, that only pure love and passion for [...]

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Fiction is the driver for ebook sales

Paul Biba — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:40:51 +0000

According to Publishers Weekly: Fiction is the leading sales driver of e-books, and just how dominant that segment has been is clearly seen in a new market study just released by Bowker. According to “2010–2011 U.S. Book Consumer Demographics & Buying Behaviors Annual Review,” fiction accounted for 61% of unit sales in 2010 and 51% [...]

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Bowker releases annual book publishing report

Gary Price, Editor of InfoDocket.com — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:27:05 +0000

From the Bowker Announcement: Traditional publishing grows a modest 5%, while POD sends print total over a record 3 million Bowker [has] released their annual report on U.S. print book publishing, compiled from its Books In Print database. Based on preliminary figures from U.S. publishers,Bowker is projecting that despite the popularity of e-books, traditional U.S. [...]

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Digital sales up for second quarter according to Bowker

Paul Biba — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:37:14 +0000

Publishers Weekly is reporting on a Bowker PubTrak Consumer analysis of second quarter market trends. Here are a few highlights. Go here for all the details. Digital sales accounted or 3.2% of unit purchases in the second quarter, up from 2.5% in the first quarter and from 1.9% in the 2009 second period. Books per [...]

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