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e-books City Information Group 19 April 2006

e-books City Information Group 19 April 2006. Dan Penny Market Analysis Manager dan@epsltd.com Nicola Foster Strategic Marketing Manager nicola@epsltd.com. "By the turn of this century, we will live in a paperless society." -- Roger Smith, chair of General Motors, 1986

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e-books City Information Group 19 April 2006

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  1. e-booksCity Information Group19 April 2006 Dan Penny Market Analysis Manager dan@epsltd.com Nicola Foster Strategic Marketing Manager nicola@epsltd.com

  2. "By the turn of this century, we will live in a paperless society." -- Roger Smith, chair of General Motors, 1986 "The puzzle pieces are on the table. You've got the critical mass of content, and you've got attractive hardware. What we don't have yet is an attractive business model that connects them all together.“ -- Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly Media

  3. e-books - background • 1998-99 – expectations were that the e-book revolution was right around the corner. It wasn't. • Reference books were turned into databases – eg legal casebooks added to Westlaw • Download model dominant

  4. e-books - background • Format wars: Betamax all over again

  5. e-books on hand held devices • Device failings • Lack of format interoperability • PDAs to the rescue - the medical and health professions take advantage for point-of-care information • Bloomsbury have opened e-bookstore, HarperCollins and Random House digitising content • Two new devices about to enter the market

  6. Sony Reader

  7. iRex iLiad

  8. BUT… • Overpriced? • Needs library rental rather than download sales model • Threat from convergence – iPod, mobile, PDA, Blackberry, even PSP

  9. Current handheld usage • Complinet offers FSA Handbook on PDA • Dr. Companion – contains content including OUP paperbacks • 2004 sixteen month trial on PDAs at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust • Suggestions for improvements: • autonomous learning • team communication (infrared beaming) • sharing patient information / ward management plans

  10. Google Book Search • Partnering with publishers – will display small parts of content then promote sale • Publishers divided – sales up or down? • Either way, a good thing – more content is going online as a result • Google continues to specialise – will we see law.google.com threaten LexisNexis et al? • Google as supermarket – does it mean an opportunity for specialist shops with higher service values?

  11. Looking ahead • Workflow: understanding how and why users want to use book content is essential • Linklater’s “Blue Flag” regulation documents compete with traditional legal publishers • Document Automation services provide workflow tools for users

  12. Projected shifts in annual production volume 2004-2009 (OCLC), 2004 Worldwide book titles 20041,000,000 2009 1,337,000 Worldwide ebook titles 2004 300,000 2009 450,000 Worldwide refereed journals 2004 21,000 2009 28,000 Worldwide refereed e-journals 2004 11,400 2009 12,100 Worldwide articles 2004 2,700,000 2009 2,800,000 Worldwide e-articles 2004 1,300,000 2009 2,300,000 Worldwide digital resources 2004 5,400,000 (OAIster) 2009 42,100,000

  13. Harnessing the power of community RSS Blogs Social networking Wikis Social bookmarking • Benefits of participating in online communities around content: • ‘vertical’ search can only be achieved through context and community • Leverages the interactive potential of the network • Use of blogs and wikis – last week LexisNexis announced delivery of blog content from Newstex’s Blogs On Demand service

  14. Book 2.0? • Free online, ad-supported books • Safari Rough Cuts • Copernicus’ De Revolutionibus and the Book as Wiki

  15. Thank youdan@epsltd.comnicola@epsltd.com

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