1. 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?
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 % 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 %
2015 -
I don’t enjoy reading on a screen % Too expensive % I prefer printed books % I don’t own an eReader % Interesting titles not available % Other %
2013 -
eReader or Tablet?
% eReader, 40.3% tablet, 14.3% both, 24.4% neither
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
survey-2015/
survey/