Susan Breeuwsma, cb digital @European Digital Distributors Meeting Madrid 2015
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This document summarizes CB's role in digital book distribution in the Netherlands. CB is a book distributor established in 1871 that handles warehousing, distribution, order processing, and metadata management for print and digital books. It works with 198 retailers and 315 publishers. CB's digital catalog contains over 40,000 e-book titles with 500 new titles added monthly. The market share of e-books in the Netherlands has grown from 0.7% in 2010 to 5.2% currently, with e-book sales accounting for 26.7% of total book sales. E-book loans from libraries have also increased but differ in composition from retail e-book sales, with older and fewer titles. CB publishes quarterly infographics
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Susan Breeuwsma, cb digital @European Digital Distributors Meeting Madrid 2015
- 1. Hans Willem Cortenraad, directeur 22 november 2012 Being the Control Panel Digital Distribution at CB 2nd European Digital Distributors Meeting Madrid - 10th and 11th June 1 Susan Breeuwsma - Business Development and Digital Services
- 2. Integrale logistieke oplossingen Ondertitel van de presentatie About CB • Established in 1871 • Owned by both booksellers and publishers • What we do in a nutshell: • warehousing • distribution • order processing • billing • reporting • ISBN registration office • Management of title information and metadata • From all Publishers to all booksellers and consumers (webshopfullfilment) • Both for print and digital books, including POD • Since 2012 diversification strategy to new markets: CB fashion en healthcare 2
- 3. Integrale logistieke oplossingen Ondertitel van de presentatie en vele anderen… platformlibraryBookshelfwebshop+webshop 3 publisher consumer Digital Distribution by CB streaming
- 4. Integrale logistieke oplossingen Ondertitel van de presentatie Retailers who sell e-books 4 198retailers and many more…
- 5. Integrale logistieke oplossingen Ondertitel van de presentatie Publishers who offer e-books 5 315Publishers and many more…
- 6. Integrale logistieke oplossingen Ondertitel van de presentatie Available e-book titles 6 40.000 titlesaverage of 500 new titles each month
- 7. Integrale logistieke oplossingen Ondertitel van de presentatie Marketshare evolution in the Netherlands 7 1,5% 3% 4,5% 6% 5,2% 5% 4,2% 2,6% 1,4% 0,7% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Q1 2015
- 8. Integrale logistieke oplossingen Ondertitel van de presentatie Current marketshare 8 total e-commerce 94,8% 5,2% 73,3% 26,7% e-book sales e-book sales print sales print sales
- 9. Integrale logistieke oplossingen Ondertitel van de presentatie E-book sales vs loan (Library) 9 E-book sales and e-book loans from the Library show big differences: • Amount of titles is limited (7.000 vs 40.000) • Top ten list of most loaned e-books differs completely to the best selling e-books • On average an e-book title from the Library is three years old Despite of the limited amount of titles and their average age, the amount of loans via the Library has been a succes until now: • 840.000 vs 2,2 mln sales in 2014 • 2,5 mln vs. 2,8 mln sales in 2015 (expected) Loans Sales 2014 2015
- 10. Integrale logistieke oplossingen Ondertitel van de presentatie Data - Information - Interpretation 10 CB publishes it’s e-book infographic each quarter, with the latest state of affairs on digital reading for both the Netherlands and Flanders.
- 11. Integrale logistieke oplossingen Ondertitel van de presentatie In development: Analytics for business intelligence and benchmarking 11
- 12. Hans Willem Cortenraad, directeur 22 november 2012 www.slideshare.net/sbreeuwsma