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The Global Ebook Report We Look Forward to Talking to You Contents About the Global eBook Report We look forward to talking to you.. 14 Executive Summary. 3 Profiles of Markets and Selected Global Actors Mapping and Understanding English Language eBook Markets. 17 the Emerging Global eBook Markets United States. 17 The US ebook market in 2012. 18 Beyond ebooks: The ecosystem of digital books and United Kingdom. 21 reading. 5 The UK ebook market in 2012. 22 A global book business versus national cultures, fairness and pride. 5 Contributed article Bookwire. 25 New paradigms and new challenges. 7 Availability and discoverability in a global eBook Global players versus local taxation. 7 market.. 25 Oddities of contratictory tax regimes. 8 Europe. 26 The complexities of localization. 8 Germany. 26 The politics of piracy. 8 Earlier developments in 2012 and 2011. 27 Global contexts: How books become embedded Dedicated ebook publishers and distributors in the digital universe. 9 in Germany. 29 Global mapping initiatives. 10 France. 30 The ambitions, and the limitations of this study. 12 Earlier developments in France 2012. 32 The political and cultural context for ebooks Contributed article Klopotek. How Soon Is Now?. 13 in France. 34 Start marketing digital content in a future-proof Selected distributors and new ebook way. 13 ventures in 2012 and 2013. 35 Manage products that do not even yet exist. 13 Spain. 36 Modern planning and production–in its true Earlier developments. 37 sense. 13 Distribution and specialized ventures. 38 Metadata is the key to online sales success. 14 Italy. 39 Emerging models for libraries. 14 Earlier developments. 40 Get in touch with us. 14 Distribution and specialized ventures. 41 Sweden. 41 The Global eBook Report ii Distribution and specialized ventures. 43 Status of the ebook sector. 66 Denmark. 43 The book publishing environment. 67 Norway. 44 Online literature. 68 Netherlands. 45 Key players in the digital environment. 69 Distributors. 45 eBook distribution. 69 Austria. 46 International cooperative ventures. 70 Poland. 47 India: Taking rapid strides. 70 Central and Eastern Europe: eBooks in English and Overview of book publishing in India. 70 Local Languages. 49 Readers’ demographics. 71 The accelerating impact of English reading. 50 Technological infrastructure. 72 The emerging role of ebooks in Central and Elearning content. 73 Eastern Europe. 50 Ebook publishing. 74 Slovenia. 51 Formats and pricing. 77 Lithuania. 52 Self publishing. 78 Bulgaria. 52 Localisation efforts. 78 Hungary. 53 Arab eBook Market. 79 Romania. 53 Serbia. 53 The Expansion of Global Platforms. 81 Amazon. 81 Contributed article Copyright Clearance Center. 55 Amazon’s International Growth. 81 New Licensing Solutions for a Changing Publishing Industry. 55 Apple. 84 The international expansion of Apple’s iTunes Emerging Markets. 57 and iBookstore. 85 Russia. 57 Barnes & Noble. 85 The evolution of the Russian ebook market. 58 Google. 86 Main actors in the (legal) Russian ebook Kobo. 87 market. 59 Brazil. 60 Forces Shaping the eBook Markets: Key Drivers and Debates. 89 Update fall 2013. 60 Ebook Bestsellers and Ebook Pricing Strategies in The good problem of Brazilian taxes. 62 Europe. 90 eGovernment. 62 Contradictory strategies. 90 Distributors and aggregators. 63 The biggest publishers are getting bigger in eRetailers. 63 ebooks. 92 China. 65 Self-publishing. 93 Update fall 2013. 65 Regulatory frameworks. 95 The ambitious plan ahead—combining Copyright legislation. 96 content and capital (2012). 66 The Global eBook Report iii Receptiveness for foreign (English) reading. 96 DRM: The debate on protecting ebooks. 104 eBook piracy in Europe: The example and debate Preliminary conclusions on ebook piracy. 105 in Germany, and related findings. 97 Methodological issues with regard to the research on piracy. 97 Outlook and Projections Controversial debates, legal initiatives, and The Accelerated Transformation of the Ecosystem of contradictory practices in Europe. 98 Publishing and Reading. 107 Coordinated efforts for tracking and takedown campaigns. 99 Acknowledgments. ..
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