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Old 03-17-2017, 07:12 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
It means you don't compare country to country because different publishers use different definitions for print. You don't worry whether it is 3% or 5%. But if it says 3% it's not going to be 12%.

Within each country the ratio of tradpub ebook to tradpub pbook is accurate because it comes straight from the publisher. Those are currency ratios.

But you're missing the takeaway: eBook penetration in the low single digits, the same as it was in 2010.

The continental ebook market is (intentionally) stagnant.
The methodology has to be the same or you get different results. And those different results means the numbers are not comparable. What this means is the numbers are rubbish. Sorry, but if you deny this, then you are just plain wrong.
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