In Korea e-books are soaring

Colin Dunstan · 08-08-2005, 07:19 PM

Seeing Korea as a "what's to come" indicator, we have finally good reason to believe that e-books are gaining acceptance. Sales have doubled and are expected to almost triple over the coming year. One of the main reasons of those growth numbers is a lower sales price compared to the dead-tree variety:

Readers feeling the recession can buy books that would cost over W10,000 in hard copy for 40-50 percent of the money. In the case of "49 Things You Should Do in Your Life" (Wisdom House), which sold 800,000 copies this year, the print edition costs W8,800 and the e-book just W3,600. The book was downloaded 50,000 times in the first half of the year.

Bottom line, are we seeing a postive trend towards increase in e-book sales here? Bet your pants we are.

[via if:book]

Thomas · 08-09-2005, 05:11 AM

Thank you for this encouraging news! For information, in France we follow the same growth.

Thomas from http://www.numilog.com

08-08-2005, 07:19 PM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	In Korea e-books are soaring Seeing Korea as a "what's to come" indicator, we have finally good reason to believe that e-books are gaining acceptance. Sales have doubled and are expected to almost triple over the coming year. One of the main reasons of those growth numbers is a lower sales price compared to the dead-tree variety: Readers feeling the recession can buy books that would cost over W10,000 in hard copy for 40-50 percent of the money. In the case of "49 Things You Should Do in Your Life" (Wisdom House), which sold 800,000 copies this year, the print edition costs W8,800 and the e-book just W3,600. The book was downloaded 50,000 times in the first half of the year. Bottom line, are we seeing a postive trend towards increase in e-book sales here? Bet your pants we are. [via if:book]

08-09-2005, 05:11 AM	#2
Thomas Nameless Being	The ebook in france Thank you for this encouraging news! For information, in France we follow the same growth. Thomas from http://www.numilog.com

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