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The Association of American Publishers said late Thursday that e-books had surged and established a foothold as the most popular format for reading in the US.

OpenMargin aims to provide a social platform for readers and publishers alike. The idea is that readers’ engagement in titles will increase and the open discussion around titles helps expose new customers to the books. The company also plans to allow publishers to extend the life of their books by launching additional content within margins after the initial publication date. For example, authors or celebrities could provide their own notes for titles, creating additional value. OpenMargin also plans to offer an open API to allow developers to innovate on top of the platform.

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Research published yesterday by IHS iSuppli reveals that the US book publishing industry has reached a “major inflection point” in which there will be a long-term decline in revenue, as e-book sales fail to reach the levels required to compensate the fall in physical book sales.

Over the period of 2010-2014, the book publishing industry will face a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) decline of 3% for both e-books and paper books. This reflects a fall in revenue from $25 billion between 2005 and 2010 to $22.7 billion between 2010 and 2014. Driving the decline is a 5% fall in the CAGR of physical book revenue, which far outweighs the 40% CAGR in e-books. This is mostly due to the fact that the selling prices of e-books are on average 40% lower than those of paper copies.

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The book publishing industry is heading into decline as consumers swap books for e-readers.A long term period of decline is expected in the market for books in both traditional and electronic forms, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) showing a decline of three percent from 2010 to 2014, compared to a slight increase in the preceding five years. That's according to a report from analyst company IHS iSuppli.

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Authors who self-published their books have traditionally done it out of desperation—it was the result of being ignored or rejected by publishing houses. And without the marketing muscle of a publishing house, most of those self-published books were doomed commercially.

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Amazon revolutionized book reading in 2007 when it introduced its Kindle book reader. Within the past three years, the explosive sale of book readers has caused a massive surge in the sale of e-books, already outpacing the sale of hardcover books, with a prediction by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos that they will outsell paperbacks within the next year.

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Hard to believe that just a few years ago, e-books were still a novelty item. Now Amazon is selling more e-book titles than print combined.

Amazon says that since April, it has been selling 105 Kindle titles for every 100 print copies it moves. Reminder: Amazon only started selling Kindle e-readers in November 2007.

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There's some shrillness going on around digital publishing - whether it's folks worrying about not getting a lot of money away, or the fight or coming civil war between DIY (or VIP or whatever) writers and the establishment (agents, publishers, all of the above). I'm not saying they're wrong - but it's far simpler than all that.

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Despite some hype to the contrary, eBooks are not killing print. In fact, according to research firm Bowker, eBooks might actually be helping sell print books.

Based on a new report, which collected preliminary 2010 sales figures from U.S. publishers, Bowker is projecting that despite the popularity of eBooks, traditional U.S. print title output in 2010 increased 5%.

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5 Fast Simple Secrets To E-Book Success For Writers: If you missed my first round of webinars two weeks ago, now is another chance to catch the presentation. During the webinar I will cover each segment of this four week blog in one full, live hour. I will be running the webinar every weeknight for the next three weeks at 8:30PM in various time zones. As the webinar is run every weeknight the links below will take you to the registration page for that day’s webinar. To register, click on the link for your time zone below.

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