Publishing: World Market Overview (Market size, Segmentation and Trends Analysis)

• Publication date: March 2012
• Report size: 211 pages

It includes detailed data on industry size and sector ation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading firms . This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis. Scope of the Report * Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and sector ation * Provides textual analysis of the market 's prospects, competitive lan...

It includes detailed data on industry size and sector ation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading firms . This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and sector ation

* Provides textual analysis of the market 's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading firms

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Covers the Global, European and Asia-Pacific industry s as well as individual chapters on 5 major industry s (France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US).

* Includes a five-year projection of the market

Highlights

The global publishing industry grew by 1.5% in 2009 to reach a value of USD 235.1 billion.

In 2014, the global publishing industry is projection to have a value of USD 252.4 billion, a rise of 7.4% since 2009.

Books is the largest sector of the global publishing industry , accounting for 41.8% of the industry 's total value.

Europe accounts for 41.7% of the global publishing industry value.

The publishing industry is facing higher levels of competition due to the increased popularity of online resources and e-books.

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Market Definition

The publishing industry consists of books, newspaper and magazines sectors . The book publishing market comprises publishers of academic, professional, general and other (fictions, non-fiction etc) books. The industry value of this sector refers to the domestic B2C sales of books only at the retail sales price (RSP). The newspaper and magazine sector value is calculated as the revenues generated by publishers from B2C sales of copies of their products, and does not include advertising revenues. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2009 annual average exchange rates.

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