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Consumer Confidence and International Print Book Markets
CONTEXT
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-7.2% -10.3%
-3.4% -7.0%
-9.3%
16.0%
-7.2% -10.3%
-3.4% -7.0%
-9.3%
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-8.8%
16.0%
-6.3%
-3.7%
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US
UK
ROI
IT
AUS
-20.0%
-15.0%
0.0% Children's
5.0%
10.0%
9
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
20%
0% 23-Jan-11 20-Feb-11 20-Mar-11 17-Apr-11 15-May-11 12-Jun-11 10-Jul-11 07-Aug-11 04-Sep-11 02-Oct-11 30-Oct-11 27-Nov-11 7.1% 25-Dec-11 22-Jan-12 19-Feb-12 18-Mar-12 15-Apr-12 13-May-12 10-Jun-12 08-Jul-12 05-Aug-12 02-Sep-12 30-Sep-12 28-Oct-12 25-Nov-12 23-Dec-12 20-Jan-13 17.0% 16.1%
2%
4%
6%
8%
Percentage of the UK population aged 13-79 that have bought an e-book: 2011-2013
8.4%
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600
160,000
480
% Change
360
96,000
240
64,000
120
32,000
% Change
Latest Year
Previous Year
Kantar Worldpanel
12
300,000
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200,000
100,000 15-May-11 13-May-12 17-Apr-11 25-Dec-11 15-Apr-12 20-Mar-11 18-Mar-12 23-Dec-12 23-Jan-11 22-Jan-12 07-Aug-11 05-Aug-12 02-Oct-11 30-Oct-11 27-Nov-11 28-Oct-12 12-Jun-11 10-Jun-12 25-Nov-12 20-Feb-11 04-Sep-11 19-Feb-12 02-Sep-12 30-Sep-12 20-Jan-13
13
10-Jul-11
08-Jul-12
600,000
400,000
200,000
Total Books
Hardback
Paperback
eBooks
Kantar Worldpanel
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Fiction
Non-Fiction
8.4%
27.0%
Childrens
6.5%
physical books
e-books
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Fiction
16.9%
Non-Fiction
3.9%
Childrens
4.7%
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physical books
e-books
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Millions
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120 100 80 60 40 20
25-Dec-11
23-Dec-12
Physical Books
e-books
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Millions
40 20
25-Dec-11
23-Dec-12
Physical Books
e-books
22
Millions
40 20
25-Dec-11
23-Dec-12
Physical Books
e-books
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Millions
40 20
25-Dec-11
23-Dec-12
Physical Books
e-books
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Millions
120 100 80 60
2.4%
-15.0%
40 20
25-Dec-11
23-Dec-12
Physical Books
e-books
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Millions
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Physical Books
e-books
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Millions
200 100 0
25-Dec-11 23-Dec-12
Physical Books
e-books
27
Millions
200 100 0
25-Dec-11 23-Dec-12
Physical Books
e-books
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Millions
200 100 0
25-Dec-11 23-Dec-12
Physical Books
e-books
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Millions
-3.6%
-13.4%
200 100 0
25-Dec-11 23-Dec-12
Physical Books
e-books
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Physical Books
ebooks
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KEY FINDINGS
From our international markets, including the US, Italy and the UK
Print book markets worldwide continue to see decline E-book sales data is not yet broadly available consumer data helps to bridge this gap In the UK, the rapid growth in e-book adoption has slowed somewhat Christmas sees strong sales of e-readers, but not e-books as these are not easily giftable In the UK e-books have taken a substantial proportion of the Fiction market, delivering volume growth but this is not matched by revenue growth Whilst e-books become increasingly significant for the Fiction market, the Non-Fiction and Childrens sectors have not kept up
E-book pricing is not only lower then physical books - it has been driven down as penetration has increased
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