E-book infographic for the Flemish market Q2 2015

1. Growthand/orshrinkpercentagesarebasedonguresfromthepreviousinfographic(April2015),unlessindicatedotherwise.
Thesearesalesmeasuredoverthelast12months,specicallyforFlanders.
Basedonweightedaverageofthesuggestedretailpricefore-booksandtheweightedaveragegrosspriceofphysicalbooksperyear,fortheentireDutch-speakingregion.
Thesearesalesmeasuredoverthelast12months,fortheentireDutch-speakingregion.
Subjecttosalesthroughonlinestores(watermark,AdobeDRM,none)andecosystemsoverthelast12months,fortheentireDutch-speakingregion.
SpecicallyforFlanders.Source:GfK(July2015).
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August2015
ThisinfographiciscompiledfromdatafromCB,Boek.beandGfK.Misprintsreserved.
NopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedwithoutpermissionfromCB.
CBhasacentralpositioninthedistributionofe-booksinTheNetherlandsandFlanders(Belgium).CBtakescareofdistribution
andinvoicesofe-bookstoalle-booksellers.
Boek.beistheumbrellaassociationoftheFlemishbooktrade.Togetherwiththeirmembers-publishersandbooksellers-they
doeverythingpossibletopromoteandtosupportbooksaswidelyaspossible.
5%
3,930,000
tablet
owners
7%
257,000
e-readers
Retailersarewebshops,suchasAccoenFnac,andecosystems,
likeStandaardBoekhandel,iBooksandKobo,thatselle-books.
2%192
andmanyothers...
retailers
4%320
publishers
4%38,855
titles
devices5
publishersandretailers
none
ecosystems
AdobeDRM
watermark
55%
1%
43%
1%
lesecurity4
PDFePub3ePub2
86%
2%
12%
leformats
ofthetitlesisalsovaialavlease-book
44%
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
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
201520142013201220112010
100
75
50
25
0
83.6%
72.7%
68.8% 69.3%
64.2%
59.5%
averagesuggestedretail
priceofe-books2
77.0%physical
23.0%digital
shareofe-booksin
onlinebooksales1
97.0%physical
3.0%digital
shareofe-booksin
totalbookssales1
TheNetherlandsFlanders
80.3%
19.7%
SalesFlanders1
485,547copies
Flandersvs.TheNetherlands1
sales
thedevelopmentofe-booksinFlanders(Q22015)
e-bookbarometer