five_year_sales.jpgHere is the summary of a report by The Xplanation:

“Over the next five years, digital textbook sales in the United States will surpass 18% of combined new textbook sales for the Higher Education and
Career Education markets. This increase will boost revenues for digital
textbooks to more than $1 billion and necessitate a general overhaul of
traditional textbook production processes. The growth will also create
avenues for new content publishers to enter the textbook market, lead to
fundamental shifts in purchasing patterns around learning materials, and
expedite the formal adoption of open educational resources to augment
premium digital content.

Our five-year projections assume a current market share of 0.5% for digital
textbooks in the U.S., and an average yearly increase in sales growth of
approximately 100% over the next five years. We project that growth to
taper to approximately 30% annual growth for the ensuing five years
(2015-2019).”

You can find a lot more information, including a PDF download of the full report, here.

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