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Digital Content Today & It’s Consumer. Tim Cooper Director, Direct & Digital Harlequin Mills & Boon. Harlequin: Who are we?. Over 120 titles published each month 26 languages 109 international markets 1,300 authors 50 million women readers worldwide 131 million books sold
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Digital Content Today & It’s Consumer Tim CooperDirector, Direct & DigitalHarlequin Mills & Boon
Harlequin: Who are we? • Over 120 titles published each month • 26 languages • 109 international markets • 1,300 authors • 50 million women readers worldwide • 131 million books sold • 1st publisher with 100% frontlist in eBook
New York Times Bestsellers 2009 85 titles 232 weeks 4
Harlequin Differentiator Brand Direct consumer relationship
Digital & Editorial Explore content with digital eyes, potential for: • Extra; Prequel, bridge, companion; Shorts; Widgets; Apps; Games? How to move content into digital age • Ask authors to think “extras” as you write • Support print sales • Establish your brand Digital content needs to be able to stand alone
Companion Stories Book 5
Bridge June 2010 FREE February 2010 August 2010
Nonfiction “chunking” Thanksgiving Christmas Tea with Debbie …
UK Digital Strategy • Equal pricing to paperbacks • 100% availability of frontlist • Enable content sampling - “try before you buy” • Addition of exclusive eBook content
Using Content to Sell Content Try a Book before you buy it Widget to share the experience
eBook Survey: UK • 80% responders use our ‘Browse the Book’ functionality • Over 25% read 5+ eBooks / month • 60% read on Laptop / PC • 33% on eReaders • 7% on mobile • ThreeKeyDigital Consumer Expectations
HMB UK eBook Sales growth 2010 = +100% 2009
Thank youTim CooperDirector, Direct & DigitalHarlequin Mills & Boontim.cooper@hmb.co.uk