eBooks - Australia | Statista Market Forecast

Revenue in the eBooks segment is projected to reach US$195.80m in 2023.
Revenue is expected to show an annual growth rate (CAGR 2023-2027) of 0.46%, resulting in a projected market volume of US$199.40m by 2027.
In the eBooks segment, the number of readers is expected to amount to 3.65m users by 2027.
User penetration will be 13.0% in 2023 and is expected to hit 13.3% by 2027.
The average revenue per user (ARPU) is expected to amount to US$57.13.
In global comparison, most revenue will be generated in the United States (US$5,254.00m in 2023).
In the year 2021 a share of 43.5% of users is in the high income group.
In the year 2021 a share of 55.6% of users is male.

An eBook is the digital or electronic version of a book and can be read on various devices such as specific eReaders (e.g. Kindle) as well as on tablets, smartphones or computers. eBooks include fiction, non-fiction and textbooks/academic literature. Paid downloads are offered in online stores such as Amazon or iTunes and also in selected brick-and-mortar bookstores or via online self-publishing platforms. Open access literature is not included.

in-scope

Paid downloads of digital or electronic versions of a book

out-of-scope

Any digital versions in addition to a physical books

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