A Maturing Ebook Market

Of those respondents not currently producing e­books, 85 percent are planning to offer e­books within the next three years. Backlist is also going digital: About 80 percent of book publishers surveyed report having a strategy in place for making backlist titles available as e­books. Furthermore, with the Association of American Publishers announcing in June 2012 that e­book revenues outpaced hardcover revenues for the first time ever, it is clear that book publishers must anticipate a more digital future.