Showing posts with label France's reluctance to adopt ebooks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label France's reluctance to adopt ebooks. Show all posts

Monday, July 8, 2013

Vive la réticence


"eBooks might be seeing immense popularity in US and UK but they’re not having the same luck in France. There’s a new report out this week that shows that ebooks are still a negligible part of the french book market.
     According to the latest report from the Syndical national de l’édition (SNE), ebook market share rose from 1% in 2011 to 3% this year. That is a rather small percentage when compared to the US (21.67% for 2012), or even the UK (10% ish for 2012), but still higher than the most recent estimates for Germany (2.4% for 2012)."
— Nate Hoffelder, The Digital Reader
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