Publishing Perspectives have an interesting article today on ebooks in Europe by Daniel Kalder.
There was no ebook market at all in Italy and Spain until summer 2010 but Europe could go on to become the third biggest market for ebooks after the US and Japan. There are no Kindles, Kindle users have to import from the UK.
"In Italy Rizzoli, Feltrinelli and Gruppo Gems developed the E-digita platform, In France a group comprised of Gallimard, Flammarion and others brought out Eden Livres. Most publishers use ePUB to make their books available digitally. Some use PDF format — but in the fiction and non-fiction segment they are a minority."
Read the full article here.
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