eBook e piccola editoria. Tra ricerca dell’innovazione e minacce. di Cristina Mussinelli ([email protected]) Wholesales Revenues (Millions USD) US Trade Wholesale Electronic Book Sales Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 02 02 02 02 03 03 03 03 04 04 04 04 05 05 05 05 06 06 06 06 07 07 07 07 08 08 08 08 09 09 09 Source: IDPF US Trade Wholesale Electronic Book Sales Quarters Revenues Quarters Revenues Q1 02 1.556.499 Q1 06 4.100.000 Q2 02 1.258.989 Q2 06 4.000.000 Q3 02 1.329.548 Q3 06 4.900.000 Q4 02 1.649.144 Q4 06 7.000.000 Q1 03 1.794.544 Q1 07 7.500.000 Q2 03 1.842.502 Q2 07 8.100.000 Q3 03 1.789.455 Q3 07 8.000.000 Q4 03 1.917.384 Q4 07 8.200.000 Q1 04 1.794.130 Q1 08 11.200.000 Q2 04 1.887.900 Q2 08 11.600.000 Q3 04 2.460.343 Q3 08 13.900.000 Q4 04 3.477.130 Q4 08 16.800.000 Q1 05 3.161.049 Q1 09 25.800.000 Q2 05 3.182.499 Q2 09 37.600.000 Q3 05 2.310.291 Q3 09 46.500.000 Q4 05 2.175.131 Source: IDPF Important Notes About Collection & The Above Graph The data above represent United States revenues only. The data above represent only trade eBook sales via wholesale channels. Retail numbers may be as much as double the above figures due industry wholesale discounts. The data above represent only data submitted from approx. 12 to 15 trade publishers. The data does not include library, educational or professional electronic sales. The number reflect the wholesale revenues of publishers. The definition used for reporting electronic book sales is “All books delivered electronically over the Internet OR to hand-held reading device”.