electronic books, e-books

Publishers, Printing Companies, Publishing agencies, electronic book stores, and other related businesses

I   Perspectives and Strategies of Electronic Books Market

1. Size and Forecast of Electronic Books Market
2. Existing Publishing Market and Electronic Books Market

1. Publishing market size getting failing to reach 2 trillion yen. Although sales of comics decrease, decreasing gap lightens when adding the sales from e-books
2. Size of the publishing market and the books market in 2013 respectively decreased by 3.3% and by 2.0% on year-over-year basis
3. Size of the magazine market in 2013 decreased by 4.4% from the previous year

3. Current Status of Electronic Books Market

1. History of electronic books market
2. Recent moves surrounding electronic books market
3. Approaches taken by leading publishing companies on electronic books
4. Status of electronic books market in U.S.

4. Trnes in Electronic Books Devices/Readers

1. Terminals specialized for reading electronic books have become targeted more for heavy-users. For the time being, smart phones are the major means of reading electronic books
2. Smart phones/Feature phones
3. Tablets
4. Electronic books terminals

II   Trends in e-Books by Category

1. Comics occupy overwhelming parts of the entire ratio

1. Comics
2. Light Novels
3. Novels/Literature
4. Business/Culture
5. Other Areas
6. Magazines
7. ICT Educational Areas
8. Medical Books
9. Electronic Newspapers

III   Strategies of Electronic Books Market by Publishers

1. Large Comprehensive Publishers
2. Publishers for comics
3. Publishers for school text books and educational books
4. Publishers for busines  books and information booklets
5. Noteworthy publishers (5 publishers)

IV   Trends in Distributors

1. While real publishers face structural problems, distribution agencies have enhanced themselves for digitalization
2. Digital Publishing Initiatives Japan Co., Ltd. has fully entered the electronic books distribution market

V   Trends in Electronic Books Stores

1. In line with expansion of electronic books market, websites are growing rapidly.  In the future, it is possible that they are integratedも
2. Overview of electronic book stores (60 websites)

VI  Publisher Survey Strip