{"id":5074,"date":"2012-08-27T10:43:51","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T08:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/?p=5074"},"modified":"2019-05-16T19:04:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T17:04:07","slug":"e-books-expected-to-finally-make-an-impression-on-frances-literary-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/2012\/08\/e-books-expected-to-finally-make-an-impression-on-frances-literary-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"eBooks to play a more prominent role during upcoming French literary season"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Each year at ‘la rentr\u00e9e’ (the late Aug-early Sept back to school \/ back to work period) France’s literary season kicks-off with the release of a vast array of new books.\u00a0 This year’s literary season is expected to be an active one, with the release of\u00a0 646 new titles<\/a> [FR].\u00a0 As avid readers<\/a> [FR], the French are highly engaged in this annual event, actively following the widespread media coverage on the most celebrated new releases and happily flocking to bookstores to scoop up various new titles.\u00a0 The season ultimately culminates with the awarding of the much revered Prix Goncourt, given in November to the french-language literary work deemed as the year’s best.\u00a0 While the vast majority of this year’s new titles will be sold in traditional paper-format and through fixed retail outlets such as FNAC or independent bookstores, this year may be the first\u00a0 that ebooks make a significant mark on France’s fall literary season.\u00a0 Les Echos has even gone so far as to call it France’s first “vraie rentr\u00e9e litt\u00e9raire de l’ebook<\/a>” [FR].
\n\"\"<\/a>After the much publicized resistance in France to the concept of reading books in electronic rather than paper formats<\/a>, this year will see the most new titles ever released in ebook versions.\u00a0 This comes on the heals of various settlements and deals involving ebooks (see here<\/a> and here<\/a>) as well as\u00a0stronger growth in ereaders [FR]<\/a>, which have helped fuel increased ebook sales in France.\u00a0 Although figures are not widely released, there were an estimated 1.1 million paid ebook downloads in France in 2011<\/a> and e-books are expected to reach 13% of volume and 7% of value of France’s literary market by 2015.\u00a0 Though penetration of ebooks in France is much<\/em> lower than in other markets such as the US or the UK, it does look like ebooks are finally gaining some traction here after initial defiance from France’s publishing industry and more traditional consumers as well as a recent law<\/a> [FR] that has lead to higher overall pricing on ebooks in France vs other markets.
\nAlthough it’s still very early days, distributors of ebooks and ereaders must be breathing a sigh of relief that it looks like all of the energy and investment they’ve put into the French market may finally start paying off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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