Bookboon Global eBook Survey 2013 & 2015 Joel Shoemaker | LIS 760 | 1 August 2015 Participating Countries Print vs. eBook trends – next 3 years Why not eBooks? 2015 - Australia 1.7%, Austria 2.5%, Belgium 0.8%, Canada 4.2%, China 0.8%, Czech Republic 0.8%, Denmark 2.5%, Finland 2.5%, France 0.8%, Germany 2.5%, India 21%, Ireland 0%, Netherlands 5.9%, Norway 0%, Singapore 1.7%, South Africa 1.7%, Sweden 3.4%, Switzerland 0.8%, United Kingdom 11.8%, United States 10.1%, Other 24.4% (Bold = 2013) 2015 - 100% eBooks 8.3% 80% eBooks/20% print books 32.4% 60% eBooks/40% print books 14.8% 50% eBooks/50% print books 13.9% 40% eBooks/60% print books 5.6% 20% eBooks/80% print books 18.5% 100% print books 6.5% 2015 - I don’t enjoy reading on a screen 15.6% Too expensive 26.7% I prefer printed books 22.2% I don’t own an eReader 11.1% Interesting titles not available 6.7% Other 17.8% 2013 - eReader or Tablet? 2015 - 21% eReader, 40.3% tablet, 14.3% both, 24.4% neither 2013 - Who is buying eBooks? (2015) Who is buying eBooks? (2013) Have you ever bought an eBook? Yes 59.7% No but I’ve considered 23.5% No I don’t want 16.8% When do you expect to start buying eBooks? Within 1 year 33.3% Within 2 years 22.2% Within 3 years 24.4% Never 20.0% Works Cited 2015 - http://bookboon.com/blog/reading-trends-bookboons-ebook- survey-2015/ 2013 - http://bookboon.com/blog/bookboon-coms-global-ebook- survey/