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Book publishing, a huge market worldwide, is chiefly fostered by voracious readers, who make up the general consumer base and specific consumers such as students and professionals, and institutional buyers such as libraries. The market would be driven by the government's rising emphasis on education, higher enrollment in schools/colleges, rise in readership, and growing number of professionals in the modern workforce. However, there are challenges too in the form of the advent of information technology, and shifts in consumer preferences and hobbies towards other electronic forms of entertainment.

Despite the challenges, the book publishing market will stand enthused by market fundamentals, such as, conducive demographics, such as, students seeking educational books, reference volumes and textbooks, parents and governments focusing more on the spend on education, increasing number of women and the middle aged continuing with and reviving their reading habits, professionals in various industries seeking books that help them with their professions, parents wanting to read out to their children from books, and individuals wanting books that assist in self-improvement.

These and other market data and trends are presented in "Book Publishing: A World Market Analysis" by BizAcumen LLC. Our reports are designed to be most comprehensive in geographic coverage and vertical market analyses.

BOOK PUBLISHING BMR-4011

CONTENTS

1. METHODOLOGY 1

Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations 1

Disclaimers 2

Quantitative Techniques & Reporting Level 3

2. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 4

A Curtain Raiser 4

Market Structure 4

Nailing Down Consumer Preferences: A Challenge to Reckon With 5

Meeting Diverse Consumer Preferences: A Major Prerequisite 6

Rise in Publishing of Diet and Health Books 6

What Does It Take to Publish a Best Seller? 6

The Formula for Bestsellers 6

Blockbuster Books Like Harry Potter Pep Up the Industry 7

Potter Magic Enchants One and All 7

Publishers Fight to Rope in Reputed Authors 8

Contracts with Authors Help Publishers Minimize the Risks

Involved 8

Uncertainties Shroud New Book Launches 8

Reading As a Hobby Comes Under Siege 9

Hopes for a Resurgence of Book Reading Hinge Onto Interactive

Publishing 9

The Audio Books Trend: Are We Listening? 10

Target Consumer Clusters 10

Current Trends in Audiobooks: An Ear to the Ground 11

Media Conglomerates in Book Publishing Shift the Focus on

Blockbuster Books 12

Quality Takes a Backseat 12

Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights: A Cause for

Concern 13

IP Violations: A Bane of the Developing Countries 13

Google Slapped With Charges of Copyright Infringement 14

Used Books Cast a Long Shadow of Threat 14

University Press Publications Sustain Losses Due to Illegal

Photocopying 15

The Retail Arena 16

Commission Sales Systems: The Pros & Cons 16

The Emergence of Internet & Its Cascading Impact On Book

Publishing 16

Online Retailers Step Up the Pressure on Brick & Motor

Retailers 17

Online Marketing: An Effective Weapon to Ward Off Competition 17

A Straight Talk About Digitalization of Content & Its Impact

On Book Publishing 18

E-Books Still Chasing the Elusive Success 18

Growth Forecasts for E-books Tames Down 19

E-Book Landscape Dotted With Casualties 19

Why E-Books Failed to Take Flight? 20

Opportunities for E-Books 22

Innovations in the E-book Reading Devices Market 24

Challenges Extended by E-Books to Traditional Print Books

Fizzle Out 25

Future of E-books: A Rumination 26

Key Statistical Findings 26

3. PRODUCT FACTS 28

Consumer Books 28

Text Books 28

Professional Books 28

4. CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS 28

Penguin Merges Avery Books and Gotham Books 28

LexisNexis Merges with Wadhwa Publishers 28

Random House and Struik Merge to Form Random House Struik 29

Saint Benedict Press Acquires TAN Books and Publishers 29

Grupo Planeta Acquires Editis 29

Jones & Bartlett Publishers Takes Over Tarascon Publishing 30

SAGE to Take Over CQ Press 30

Random House to Take Over Monacelli Press 31

Bonnier Publishing Acquires UK-based Templar Publishing 31

here! Networks to Take Over PlanetOut 32

Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Completes New Society

Publishers Acquisition 32

Regent Acquires Book, Magazine and Online Publishing Business

of PlanetOut 32

Emerald Group Acquires Parts of a Book Program of Elsevier 33

Penguin Acquires Hamilton Wende's Novel 33

Pearson Acquires Additional Equity Interest in Longman Nigeria 33

Every Baby Company Signs Joint Venture Deal with Sterling

Publishing 33

Penguin Agrees with Woongjin to Publish English Classics in

Korean 34

Author Solutions Forms Partnership with CinnamonTeal 35

Author Solutions Signs Agreement with Ten New Partners 35

John Wiley and LibreDigital Forge Partnership 36

HarperCollins and The Wall-Street Journal Enter into

Publishing Partnership 36

HarperCollins Inks Alliance with Walden Media to Create Book

Imprint for Kids 37

John Wiley & Sons Enters into Agreement with Meredith

Corporation 37

Business Plus Inks a Book Contract with Mitch Joel 38

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Enters into Agreement

with D.J. MacHale 38

HarperCollins Acquires Rights for Westlife Autobiography 39

Sharp Independent at HarperCollins Acquires Eli Gottlieb's

Forthcoming Novel 39

Atria Books Enters into Global Agreement to Publish Spencer

Johnson's New Book 39

HMHPC Establishes New K-12 Unit to Streamline Businesses 39

Hachette Book Publishing India Commences Operations 40

HBG Establishes New Publishing Arm 40

McGraw-Hill to Enter Brazilian Publishing Market 41

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Divests College Division to Cengage

Learning 41

Bertelsmann to Divest North American Book Club Business 41

Scholastic Divests Its Direct-to-Home Continuities Business in

the US 42

Xlibris Announces Release of 'The Quest Book I' 42

Scholastic to Release Paperback Edition of Harry Potter and

the Deathly Hallows42

Three Canadian Publishing Imprints Merge 42

Cappelens Forlag and Damm & Son Merge to Create Cappelen Damm AS 43

Macmillan Acquires Frank Brothers 43

CFM Religion Publishing Takes Over Benziger and Resources

for Christian Living 44

Houghton Acquires Certain Harcourt Businesses to Form Global

Publishing Major 44

Pearson Acquires Some of Harcourt's Business Operations 44

Amazon.com Completes Acquisition of Brilliance Audio 45

Editis to Acquire Grund Publishing 45

R.R. Donnelley Acquires Von Hoffmann from Visant Corporation 46

Apax and OMERS Acquire Assets of Thomson Learning and Nelson

Canada 46

Bertram Capital Takes Over Author Solutions 46

Author Solutions Takes Over iUniverse 47

Hachette Announces Acquisition of PIKA 47

Aschehoug Completes Acquisition of Forlagene to Form a

Publishing Major 47

Perseus Acquires Avalon Publishing Group 48

Jones and Bartlett Announces Acquisition of Sandra Smith's

NCLEX Review Books 48

Incisive Media Purchases ALM Media 48

Quadrangle Capital Takes Over Dennis Publishing 48

John Wiley & Sons Acquires Blackwell Publishing 49

Editis Acquires Paraschool to Foray into Interactive Publishing 49

Universal Map Group Takes Over Universal Map Enterprises 50

MacMillan to Acquire Angel Estrada's Textbook Business 50

Editis Completes Acquisition of De Boeck Group 50

Random House Acquires Controlling Interest in Virgin Books 51

Bertelsmann Purchases Stake from Time Warner 51

Random House and Sylvan Enter into Publishing Partnership 51

ICF Designates AuthorHouse® as Official Resource Partner 52

Williams Lea Enters into Exclusive Partnership with Reader's

Digest 52

Oregon Catholic Press and IBS Sign Agreement over 'IBS

Bookmaster' 53

Martin Nutraceuticals Procures Purchase Order from Chapters 53

Grand Central Acquires Self-Published Controversial Novel,

America Libre 53

Del Rey Manga Acquires MAKE 5 WISHES 54

HarperCollins Acquires Rights to 'Bright Shiny Morning' 54

Walden and Penguin Young Readers Group Acquire Rights to

Ingrid Law's 'Savvy' 54

Hachette Book Group Signs Agreement with RR Donnelley to

Produce Trade Books 55

USA Today Inks Deals with Book Publishers 55

Scholastic Bags Global Rights to HOTLANTA 55

Chinese Publisher Acquires Rights to Vlad Dracula 56

Scholastic Wins Publishing Rights to Meg Cabot Works 56

Harcourt Secures Rights to Publish Two New Books 56

Kaplan Enters, Extends, and Expands a Distribution Agreement 56

Xinhua Media to Introduce Digital Interactive Multimedia

Publishing Platform 57

Random House to Introduce New Imprint 57

IIL Publishing New York Goes for Online Expansion 57

Perseus to Downsize Operations Following Acquisition of Avalon

Publishing 57

Delaware North Companies Releases Cookbook 58

Scholastic Library Rolls out Science Behind the Scenes(TM) 58

HarperCollins and Neopets to Roll Out a New Series of Books 59

Scholastic to Introduce Goosebumps HorrorLand(TM) 59

HarperSanFrancisco and NCC Launch NRSV Bible 59

Scholastic to Release 'The 39 Clues' 60

SCLG Unveils "Spy & Medical Files", Science Behind the

Scenes, Wicked History 60

Dabel Brothers to Publish Dean Koontz Story in Comic Book Form 61

Scribner to Publish Steve Martin's New Book 61

5. MAJOR PLAYERS 61

Arcade Publishing, Inc. (USA) 61

Avalon Publishing Group, Inc (USA) 61

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (USA) 62

Bertelsmann AG (Germany) 62

Random House, Inc. (USA) 62

Cambridge University Press (USA) 62

Grupo Planeta (Spain) 62

Harcourt, Inc. (USA) 63

HarperCollins Publishers (USA) 63

Houghton Mifflin Company (USA) 63

Hachette Book Group USA 63

Informa PLC (UK) 63

Taylor & Francis Group Ltd (UK) 64

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (USA) 64

Macmillan Publishers Ltd (UK) 64

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (USA) 64

Pearson PLC (UK) 65

Penguin Group, Inc. (US) 65

Reed Elsevier Group PLC (UK) 65

Scholastic, Inc. (USA) 65

Simon & Schuster, Inc. (US) 66

Shogakukan, Inc. (Japan) 66

Shueisha, Inc. (Japan) 66

Thomson Reuters (US) 66

W. W. Norton & Company (USA) 67

Wolters Kluwer (The Netherlands) 67

6. GLOBAL MARKET ANALYTICS 68

7. THE UNITED STATES 71

Key Trends & Issues 72

Impact of the Recession: Eliciting Mixed Responses 72

Book Publishing in US: A Backgrounder 72

Educational Books: Going Strong 73

Juvenile Books 74

Print-on-Demand Titles on the Rise 74

Publishing for Hispanic Community Turns Lucrative 75

Over Production Haunts the Domestic Book Publishing Industry 75

Paperback Sales Up in 2006 76

Publishers Eye Niche Categories 76

Distribution Problems Dog Independent Publishers 76

DIY Publishing & Ghostwriting Services: A Boon to New Authors 76

The Rise of Technology in the Publishing Industry 77

Market Share Statistics 78

8. CANADA 81

Market Overview 81

9. JAPAN 82

Market Overview 83

A Primer 83

Top 10 Best Sellers in the Japanese Book Publishing Market

(2005) 83

Market Structure 83

Retail Scenario 84

Manga Publications: The Industry's Saving Grace 85

Industry's Best Practices 85

10. EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA (EMEA) 87

a. France 89

b. Germany 91

c. The United Kingdom 93

d. Italy 99

e. Spain 101

f. Russia 102

g. Rest of Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 103

11. ASIA-PACIFIC 113

a. China 115

b. Korea 120

c. Rest of Asia-Pacific 122

12. LATIN AMERICA 131

a. Brazil 133

b. Mexico 134

c. Rest of Latin America 136

EXHIBITS

Table 1: Percentage Breakdown of the Global Book Publishing

Exports by Country - 2007

Table 2: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the Global

Scientific Publishing Market - 2001

Table 3: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the Global

Healthcare Publishing Market - 2001

Table 4: Global Book Publishing Market by Region for the

Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 5: Percentage Breakdown of Global Book Publishing Market

by Region for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 6: Global Market for Consumer Books by Region for the

Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 7: Percentage Breakdown of Global Market for Consumer

Books by Region for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 8: Global Market for Text Books by Region for the

Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 9: Percentage Breakdown of Global Market for Text Books

by Region for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 10: Global Market for Professional Books by Region for

the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 11: Percentage Breakdown of Global Market for

Professional Books by Region for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 12: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the US

Book Publishing Market - 2008

Table 13: Market Shares of Leading Publishers in the US

Higher Education Market - 2006

Table 14: Percentage Breakdown of the US Higher Education

Market for Books by Subject Category - 2006

Table 15: Percentage Breakdown of the US Book Publishing

Market for Books by Distribution Channel - 2007

Table 16: Percentage Breakdown of the US Book Publishing

Market for Books by Book Genre - 2007

Table 17: Percentage Breakdown of the US Books Exports by

Destination Country - 2006

Table 18: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in the

US: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 19: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in the US for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 20: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in Canada:

2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 21: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in Canada for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 22: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the

Japanese Book Publishing Market - 2006

Table 23: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in Japan:

2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 24: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in Japan for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 25: Book Publishing Market by Region in EMEA: 2007-2015

(Sales in US$ Million)

Table 26: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Region in EMEA for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 27: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in EMEA:

2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 28: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in EMEA for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 29: Percentage Breakdown of the French Book Publishing

Market by Distribution Channel - 2004

Table 30: Percentage Breakdown of the French Book Publishing

Market by Category - 2003

Table 31: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in France:

2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 32: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in France for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 33: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in

Germany: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 34: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in Germany for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 35: Market Shares of Leading Publishers in the UK Book

Publishing Market - 2007

Table 36: Percentage Breakdown of the UK Book Publishing

Market by Retail Channel - 2007

Table 37: Percentage Breakdown of Leading School Textbook

Publishers in the UK - 2007

Table 38: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in the

UK: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 39: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in the UK for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 40: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in Italy:

2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 41: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in Italy for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 42: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in Spain:

2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 43: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in Spain for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 44: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in

Russia: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 45: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in Russia for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 46: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in Rest of

EMEA: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 47: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in Rest of EMEA for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 48: Book Publishing Market by Region in Asia-Pacific:

2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 49: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Region in Asia-Pacific for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 50: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in

Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 51: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in Asia-Pacific for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 52: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in China:

2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 53: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in China for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 54: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in Korea:

2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 55: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in Korea for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 56: Percentage Breakdown of the Books Published by

Language in India - 2004

Table 57: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in Rest of

Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 58: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in Rest of Asia-Pacific for the Years 2009 &

2012

Table 59: Book Publishing Market by Region in Latin America:

2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 60: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Region in Latin America for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 61: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in Latin

America: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 62: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in Latin America for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 63: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in

Brazil: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 64: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in Brazil for the Years 2009 & 2012s

Table 65: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in

Mexico: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 66: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in Mexico for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 67: Book Publishing Market by Product Segment in Rest of

Latin America: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 68: Percentage Breakdown of Book Publishing Market by

Product Segment in Rest of Latin America for the Years 2009

& 2012

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