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e-books & NJ Libraries Unraveling the Complexities NJLA 2013 Cynthia M. Lambert Melissa Brisbin Heidi Schwab
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PreConference presenttion for NJLA Conference 2013 presented in conjunction with Melisa Brisbin and Heidi Schwab.
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e-books & NJ LibrariesUnraveling the Complexities
NJLA 2013
Cynthia M. LambertMelissa Brisbin
Heidi Schwab
Today’s Program
An Overview of e-books and reading
Cynthia M. Lambert
eContent & Libraries: NJ and Access
Melissa Brisbin
Empowering Librarians to Support Overdrive
Heidi Schwab
Who Reads What?
E-books & Reading: An Overview
e-books and reading: The Facts
http://www.pewinternet.org/
http://www.digitalbookworld.com
http://www.wsj.com
Americans 16 and Older
2012: http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/12/27/e-book-reading-jumps-print-book-reading-
75% Read a
Book
23%
7%
67%
5%
What did the readers read?
89% Print Books
30% e-books
17% Audio Books
AudioBooks 17% -- What! What! What!
Why This is Important:
Content, Not Format
We Have Access
Cross Sell
Do You Promote Audiobooks?
On Their Own?
Remember Me!!!
It’s Different For Parents*!• More Likely to Read e-
books and audiobooks
• Library Supporters: • 54% Very Important
• Library Users * Parents of minor children
81% say reading PRINT books is VERY IMPORTANT for their children!
Who Reads E-Books?
30 to 49
$75,000 or More
Tablets or E-Readers?• 33% of Americans
Own an E-Reading Device
+15%
Under 30?
Prefer to Read Using
Cell Phones & Computers
Overdrive Reads
Google Books
Reading At Work
Time to Rethink Our Cell Phone Policies!?!
Do They Know About Us?
31% of Recent Users KnowOnly 5% of Recent User
Borrowed
How do we change that?
Training• Fear
• One on One
• Open House
Outreach• Targeted Audiences
• New Access Points
Publishing and Sales
E-books & Reading: An Overview
Fear is a Powerful Motivator!
Come on In, the water is fine….
Follow the Money!
All Trade Sales
Up 6.9% to $15 Billion
E-BooksUp 44%
Now at 20% of total sales
Unit SalesUp 8.1%
What’s Selling?
Hard Covers
1.3%Trade Paper Mass Market
Final number not yet available
What’s Selling in e-books?
Adult Fiction
Up 44.2%
Children and YA
Up 117%
Source, BookStats as reported in Publishers Weekly
Who’s Selling E-books?
• Q1 2013 According to the Digital Book World Power Publisher Rankings (www.digitalbookworld.com) as reported by Forbes (www.forbes.com)
Financial News Has Our Back….
Revenues at the Big 6
Q1 2013 Up 14%
E-books now 34% of sales
2012
E-books now 26% of Sales
2012 Up 22.5%
50% of Revenue from e-books!
Revenues at the Big 6
Q1 2013 Down 3%
Educational Materials Hit VERY HARD
“Good Start”
“Merger should be closed in the early part of the second half of the year .”
No Information Given
Sales off by ‘about 1%
E-books about 15% of sales
NJLA 2013: Finding Your Perfect Fit!
Cynthia M. Lambert
LibraryCynthia
609-924-7073, ext 112
Who, What, Where….
unten44 via flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/unten44/6434968719/
Ann Arbor District Library via flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/aadl/6777694048/
Pew Internet & American Life Projectwww.pewinternet.org
Who, What, Where….
jurvets via flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/4828510708/c
Wikimedia Commonshttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PCCW_eye2_tablet_computer.
Wikimedia Commonshttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cell_phones.jpg
skokie via flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/skokiepl/4110562164/
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