This presentation is in Italian. It was delivered by Valentina Kalk, Chief of United Nations Publications, at the Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan on November 29, 2011. It discusses the evolution of publishing in an era of e-books and e-book readers, and how actors such as Google, Amazon, Apple and others are changing the publishing landscape.

1. Editori e rivoluzione digitale: Come cambia il nostro lavoro? Universita’ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 29 novembre 2010

4. “ The eBook is here to stay”

5. Kindle books – libri stampati: 2 a 1 Seattle, Oct 25, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) - - NASDAQ:AMZN)— […] In addition, Kindle book unit sales continue to overtake print on Amazon.com, even while print book sales continue to grow. During the past 30 days, Amazon.com customers purchased more Kindle books than print books – hardcover and paperback combined – for the top 10, 25, 100, and 1,000 bestselling books on Amazon.com. “ For the top 10 bestselling books on Amazon.com, customers are choosing Kindle books over hardcover and paperback books combined at a rate of greater than 2 to 1. Kindle books are also outselling print books for the top 25, 100, and 1000 bestsellers – it’s across the board,” said Kessel [Steve Kessel, Senior Vice President, Amazon Kindle]. “This is remarkable when you consider that we’ve been selling hardcover and paperback books for 15 years, and Kindle books for just 36 months.” […]

7. Libri come “app” Mobclix App Store Data, novembre 2010

8. Vendite negli USA AAP, Association of American Publishers, statistiche annuali pubblicate nel 2010

9. Vendite di eBook negli USA, 2010 Fonte: International Digital Publishing Forum Vendite di eBooks all’ingrosso (e.g. alla distribuzione) in milioni di dollari. 2010 (9 mesi): quasi 300 milioni.

10. Le vostre abitudini?

11. La fine della “parentesi Gutenberg”?

16. Google Book Program

17. Google Book Program

24. Il marketing virale