The Business of Books 2019. Publishing in the age of the attention economy

Publisher: Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Business Club

Number of pages: 14

Publishing Date: 2019-07-01

Branch: media & literature

This white paper provides a global analysis of consumer book markets today, summarising key trends and relevant data on book markets around the world.The paper examines recent digital innovations and examples of transformation, such as e-books and audiobooks, as well as the use of streaming and subscription models, and the increasing segmentation of publishing. It identifies new opportunities and challenges arising from publishing models such as self-publishing, audiobooks and streaming, and it highlights new forms of competition resulting from screen-based approaches to storytelling, with content shared through online and TV streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon and Disney.To conclude the paper explores detailed data, a market analysis and the lessons learned about the business of books in today's new format-neutral and media-agnostic contexts.

https://www.buchmesse.de/files/media/pdf/FBM_BusinessClub_WhitePaper_2019.pdf