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File formats for e-books in the U.S. 2015
File formats for e-books in the U.S. 2015
What formats do you plan to convert your e-book(s) to/have you coverted to?
by Statista Research Department,
last edited
Nov 2, 2015
The graph shows data on file formats chosen for e-books in the United States. During a 2015 survey, nearly 50 percent of responding publishers and authors stated they were planning to convert their e-books to the EPUB format or had already done so.
What formats do you plan to convert your e-book(s) to/have you coverted to?
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| Share of respondents | |
|---|---|
| EPUB | 49.57% |
| MOBI | 45.42% |
| I am not sure | 37.65% |
| Reflowable layoout | 12.95% |
| Fixed layout | 12.78% |
| EPUB 3 | 12.26% |
| HTML 5 | 11.74% |
| Other | 10.54% |
| All of the above | 5.87% |
| Share of respondents | |
|---|---|
| EPUB | 49.57% |
| MOBI | 45.42% |
| I am not sure | 37.65% |
| Reflowable layoout | 12.95% |
| Fixed layout | 12.78% |
| EPUB 3 | 12.26% |
| HTML 5 | 11.74% |
| Other | 10.54% |
| All of the above | 5.87% |
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by Statista Research Department,
last edited
Nov 2, 2015
The graph shows data on file formats chosen for e-books in the United States. During a 2015 survey, nearly 50 percent of responding publishers and authors stated they were planning to convert their e-books to the EPUB format or had already done so.
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