Bowker ebook research

Bowker Releases Results Of Global Ebook Research

http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/35953-39790
http://www.bowker.com/en-US/aboutus/press_room/2012/pr_03272012.shtml
'... online population in 10 countries -- Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Japan, South Korea, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S. -- in early 2012.  India, Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. lead in adoption of e-books, with more than 20 percent of respondents reporting purchasing e-books in the six months prior to the survey....'
'...Age and gender are consistent predictors of purchase behavior globally...'
'[...Key findings from the research will be presented and debated at two webinars hosted by the BISG on 2nd April and 23rd April.  For registration details, please contactBISG  <mailto:angela-xAHIewsI/[email protected]>...'
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/20-of-global-readers-bought-ebook-in-past-6-months_b49220
'...British and Australian eBook readers are more likely to download adult fiction, while digital readers in India and South Korea are more likely to download professional/business and academic/textbooks,...'
http://mhpbooks.com/france-and-japan-slow-to-ditch-printed-books/
'... bottom of the list:*France*  and*Japan*, where "66% of French and 72% of Japanese people... said they had not tried e-books and did not want to try them."...'




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