In 2020, with E-Ink Kaleido, digital paper displays saw significant progress for the first time in many years. Although the Kaleido technology is not perfect, it demonstrates that the next major advancement in the e-reading market, despite some setbacks, will likely come in the area of color display. Many manufacturers, including Qualcomm and Liquavista, have failed to introduce energy-efficient color e-paper technologies to the market. Recently, the Chinese electronics manufacturer […]
Since the launch of the Tolino alliance, it has been clear that eBooks have secured a solid place in the German book market. A look at the development of the first quarter of 2019 confirms this. Compared to the same period last year, the eBook revenue share of 5.7 percent of the total book market has not changed. However, a closer look at other figures shows that there is still […]
After Rakuten Kobo was brought on board as the new technology partner of the Tolino Alliance and the regional chain stores Mayersche and Osiander joined the Tolino coalition, the dynamics in the German eBook reader market have slowed down over the past 18 months. However, although the competition in the hardware segment has eased, this does not apply to eBook sales. As reported by the Börsenverein, the German digital book […]
The distribution of dedicated eBook readers with eInk screens is particularly high in the USA, which is sometimes cited as the reason why sales have been declining there since 2011 and why the end of eBook readers is repeatedly predicted. In reality, the lower sales volume can also be attributed to the fact that there are few reasons to retire a well-functioning eBook reader and get a new one. Unlike […]
Even though one can gauge the development of the eBook market to some extent by looking at everyday practical usage—and thus easily determine that the popularity of digital books is growing—studies are always welcome for a clearer picture of the current situation. PWC has now released a new study that examines the eBook markets in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The main focus was on eBook usage during the winter […]
The English eBook market may not be as advanced as the USA’s, but it’s the most developed within Europe. In recent months, and particularly around Christmas, British publishing houses have reported record sales in the eBook sector. This was reason enough for the English newspaper “Daily Mail” to conduct a survey to find out why people read on eBook readers at all. However, the survey did not focus on aspects […]
The holiday shopping season is over, and now the first retailers are beginning to reveal details about the operations and revenue of the past few months. The most prominent representative at the moment is undoubtedly the publishing group Weltbild, which ultimately slipped into insolvency due to what it claims was an overall weak Christmas business and the (apparently) withdrawn financial pledges from the dioceses. In fact, business in December even […]
Last week we had hardly any statistics on our site, but fortunately, Texttunes, in collaboration with Thalia and GfK, recently published an extensive eBook statistics report for the German market. As you can see in the image, the information is presented in poster form – below, we’ll break it down into text. In 2009 and 2010, only 35% and 49% of people respectively were aware of eBooks. However, by 2011, […]
In the past, it has already become apparent that the digital book market in Germany will not reach the same heights as it has in the USA and the UK. In the United Kingdom, eBooks account for about 14 percent of sales (2013), while in the land of unlimited opportunities, electronic books even make up around 22 percent (2013). In 2013, Germany was significantly lagging behind at just 3.9 percent. […]
Dedicated reading devices experienced a true boom in the USA, especially in 2011. The Kindle 3 (or Kindle Keyboard, as it was later called) opened doors for Amazon in the digital book market. Even after that, things continued to climb steeply until eventually reaching the peak of growth, and now the US market is largely considered saturated. And because there aren’t constantly revolutionary innovations in the eBook reader market, many […]
