1. EBOOK WORKGROUP MAY 2014 – ATHENS Stichting Bibliotheek.nl Sander van Kempen – Manager Content Diederik van Leeuwen - Director

2. The Dutch libraries @ a glance 2 # books (*1000) # lendings (*1000) # of lending 2012 Some key facts & figures (euros) NL inhabitants: 16.7 mln Subsidies (local): 500+ mln py Government: 80 mln py (incl Nat. Library and innovation budget BNL 18 mln) Patron pays around 30 – 40 euro per year. Library buys books/material and pays 12 ct per lending (books) Lending 2012: 92 mln (down by 8%) 4 mln members Spend on media around 60 mln py – plus around 6 mln on digital content (ebooks and others) New legislation coming up per 2015 – additional budget for e-content from 8 mln in ‘15 up to 15 mln in ‘18 Libraries

3. Share ebook sales The Netherlands 3

4. Ebook lending model The Netherlands 13 € t

5. First results 5 Over 5,500 titles available (25% of all ebook titles published) 117 publishers participating, including two largest groups All libraries participate Budget for licensees is not being used up completly (still…)

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9. VakantieBieb (Holiday) App - 2013 # registrations: - Summer105,732 - Autumn 18,836 - Winter 26,388 + - Total150,956 # active readers: - Summer 63,020 - Autumn 35,703 - Winter 43,545 + - Total142,268 # of ebooks read longer than 1 hour: 147,000 Top-3 app in iTunes

10. Additional ebooks / content App for right free titles (1,000+ and a gallery) Audiobooks eMusic Databanks Articles Content for education (own editing, licensees)