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Contact:
Nicholas Bogaty
Executive
Director
212-924-9081
Publishers Report Continued Increases in eBook Revenue for 2005
New York, NY – Tuesday, April 18,
2006 – eBook publishers reported increases in eBook revenue over the previous
year with a 23% increase in eBook revenues over 2004. eBook units sold
remained even with 2004. And, eBook titles published increased 20% over 2004.
Publishers reported 1,692,964 eBook units sold and $11,875,783 in revenues for
2005. They also reported 5,242 eBooks published during this time.
A total of 18 publishers contributed to the four quarterly
2005 reports including DigitalPulp Publishing; Elib AB;
Ellora's Cave Publishers; E-Reads; Fictionwise, Inc.; Hard Shell
Word Factory; Harlequin Enterprises Ltd.; HarperCollins; Houghton Mifflin
Company; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; McGraw-Hill; Pearson Education; Random House;
RosettaBooks LLC; Simon & Schuster; Stonehouse Press; Time Warner Book Group and Zondervan.
While 18 publishers contributed to the reports in 2005 and 19 reported in 2004, publishers reporting varied.
There are additions and subtractions of companies reporting to this
program and the reported figures will, therefore, reflect this variability.
Further details and comprehensive historical reports are available to
IDPF Members. The report is
commissioned by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF).
The International Digital
Publishing Forum, formerly the Open eBook Forum (OeBF), is the trade and
standards association for the digital publishing industry and is supported by
its members.
Further information about the organization and
industry, including membership information, can be obtained by visiting
http://www.idpf.org.
Statistics for Q1 2006 are being collected now and we encourage
participation from all publishers
and retailers of eBooks.
For additional information: Nick Bogaty,
IDPF, 212-924-9081.
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