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What will the future market for e-content look like? Will it be…

What will the future market for e-content look like? Will it be…. … dominated by few…. Publishers. Readers. … or will it be an open market?. Booksellers. Chains. Online retailers. Vertical websites. Direct sales. Publishers. Readers. Do we risk creating monopolies?.

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What will the future market for e-content look like? Will it be…

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  1. What will the future market for e-content look like?Will it be…

  2. … dominated by few… Publishers Readers

  3. … or will it be an open market? Booksellers Chains Online retailers Vertical websites Direct sales Publishers Readers

  4. Do we risk creating monopolies? Digitisation done by few internet players, not by publishersVariety of standards and formats,many of them proprietaryTechnology gap in the book industry,lack of e-content strategies

  5. OK, monopolies are a bad thing.But is there a market at all?

  6. Reading will be mobile…

  7. … wherever you are…

  8. … very mobile indeed

  9. Our Vision libreka! is the leading internet platformfor the German book market

  10. Our Mission libreka! increases publishers‘ and booksellers‘ reach.libreka! opens up new business models and sales channels for publishers and booksellers.libreka! protects intellectual property. Publishers have full control over their content.libreka! creates a level playing field for the e-content market.

  11. What does libreka! look like today?

  12. Perspective:Selling e-content

  13. e-Book-Download (PDF)

  14. Device independent e-Books

  15. Scanned books PDFs, digitally generated Fully marked-up XML files (epub)

  16. But book production is fully digital – or is it not?

  17. Scanning Format-independent production process PDF output (web-ready) PDF generation libreka!conversion Live

  18. Having fixed the format issues,how will we sell e-content?

  19. … to come Download of chapters and individual pagesPrint-on-DemandMobile ReadingCombined offers of p-books and e-booksDownload terminals in bookshops

  20. Facts & figures 850+ publishers currently participating90,000 books submitted 50,000 books online€ 0 additional cost for publishers (€ 3 flat fee per book for VLB and libreka)

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