Naslov
The development of the ebook market in Croatia: 2013-2017

Autori
Velagić, Zoran ; Pehar, Franjo

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
By the Book4. Curation: A perspective on the book industry

Mjesto i datum
Firenca, Italija, 21.06.2017. - 23.06.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
e-books ; book market ; Croatia ; on-line book stores

Sažetak
This presentation gives an outline of the e-book development in Croatia based on surveys of mayor e-book distributors and publishers’ attitudes towards e-books. Four surveys of e- book distributors have been conducted between February 2013 and February 2017. The research included data collection (from web catalogues), analyses of number of unique e-book titles, publisher’s participation, types of e-book formats, prices, and so on. Two self-completed questionnaire surveys of publishers’ attitudes towards e-books have been conducted in Spring 2015 and Spring 2017. Representatives from fifty publishing houses expressed their attitudes towards e-book market potentials, challenges and threats, and their willingness to participate. The findings show that the number of unique e- book titles in Croatian language throughout the period is small (below 2000), while the access to English language production is rising. Around 50 publishers participate in e-book business, and majority have plans to rise their shares. The most popular e-book format is EPUB, the average retail price is EUR 5-6, but almost half of Croatian language e-books is available in free access thanks to government sponsored projects. Publishers are still not sure about the changing relations towards booksellers, libraries, and readers.

Izvorni jezik
Hrvatski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

POVEZANOST RADA