eBook Revenues up 30 Percent over 2002, Units up 40 Percent
The Open eBook Forum reports in just-released research that while eBook revenues may seem paltry at an estimated USD $4.9 Million in the first half of 2003, this represents a huge growth in sales compared with the 5 percent growth experienced by the overall book industry in the same period. As Shore analyst Jean Bedord notes in her upcoming report on the eBook marketplace, this may be a relatively small market so far, but it's rapid growth indicates a level of enthusiasm for eBooks that outlets such as Barnes & Noble may have underestimated. We believe that ALL premium content providers should pay very special attention to the eBooks marketplace, as it promises to lead the way to both business models and technology that will help to power sales for many forms of premium content. When looking for how to produce vContent - highly valued content - it pays to keep your perspecitve very wide, as the changes that will influence one sector are oftentimes already being well proven in other sectors.