E-book infographic for the Dutch e-book market Q2 2015

1. LoansareloanedtitlesthroughBibliotheek.nl.
Basedonweightedaverageofthesuggestedretailpricefore-books
andtheweightedaveragegrosspriceofphysicalbooksperyear.
Salesoverthepast12months.
Onlysales.Throughdownloads(watermark,AdobeDRM,none)
andecosystems.
SouSource:GfK(June2015).
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5.
Growthand/orshrinkpercentagesarebasedonguresfromthe
ppreviousinfographic(April2015),unlessindicatedotherwise.
July2015
ThisinfographiciscompiledfromdatafromCB,GfKandBooXtream.Misprintsreserved.Nopartofthis
publicationmaybereproducedwithoutpermissionfromCB.
CBhasacentralpositioninthedistributionofe-booksinTheNetherlandsand
Belgium.CBtakescareofdistributionandinvoicesofe-bookstoalle-book
sellers.
6%
10,600,000
smartphone
owners
9%
8,600,000
tablet
owners
7%
1,500,000
e-readers
Retailersarewebshopsandecosystemsthatsell
e-books,andthelibrarywhichlendsoute-books.
2%192
enveleanderen...
retailers
4%320
publishers
4%38,855
titles
devices5
publishersandretailers
none
ecosystems
AdobeDRM
watermark
55%
1%
43%
1%
lesecurity4
PDFePub3ePub2
86%
2%
12%
leformats
ofthetitlesintheBestseller60are
availablease-bookaswell
85%
e-bookversuspaper
supply
literarynon-ction(320)
fantasy(334)
other
novel(301+302)
thriller(305,330en332)
romance(343)
40%
7%
36%
11%
4%
2%
7%
breakdownof‘literaryction’3
‘Throughjune
25%more
e-bookswere
soldthanin
thesame
periodlast
yyear.’
non-ction(400+600)
travel(500)
educational(000+100+900)
literaryction(300)
management(800)
humandevelopment(700)
children’sbooks(200)
80%
3%
5%
6%
5%
41%
3%
7%
23%
17%
5%
4%
digital
physical
breakdownofgenres3
72.4%physical
27.6%digital
shareofe-booksin
onlinebooksales3
94.5%physical
5.5%digital
shareofe-booksin
totalbooksales3
201520142013201220112010
100
75
50
25
0
83.6%
72.7%
68.8% 69.3%
64.2%
59.5%
averagesuggestedretail
priceofe-books2
‘Atthismoment
ane-bookon
averageismore
than36%cheaper
thanin2010.’201520142013201220112010
1,800
1,350
900
450
0
sales1
quarterly(x1,000)
subscriptionsloanssales
sales
thedevelopmentofe-booksintheDutchlanguagemarket(Q22015)
e-bookbarometer