Author: Ned May (Twitter, LinkedIn)
Audience: Content aggregators occupy the classic position of a middle-man. In short, they make it easier for end-users to locate and consume information they need and in doing so, they take a cut of the transaction. This means providers in this space face a relentless push to generate greater efficiencies; therefore, they are always adopting new technologies and business models. Often, the winners in this category do disproportionately well while the losers disappear quickly. Such was the case when the original licensed content aggregators first came on the scene and such remains the case in web search, where Google continues to occupy a place of its own. In short, it is a market that in aggregate capitalizes on change, and with that change comes upheaval. This report examines those aggregators focused on providing business intelligence and lays the framework for understanding which aggregators are likely to succeed in the coming years and how they will do it.

Highlights:

• There are three core stages where an aggregator engages with an end-user and extracts value from the process of consuming content: Discovery, Distribution, and Clearance.



• The lines between the subsegments of aggregators are beginning to blur as the market continues to evolve.

• In depth analysis of the current state of each segment as well as trends to watch for in the future.

• Recommended actions for aggregators to best thrive in today’s business intelligence market.

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Questions: Scott Templeman (Twitter, stempleman@outsellinc.com)

We recently unlocked Ned May’s Insight: Personalization versus Curation – Why Every Aggregator Should Spread the Word. Ned states right away that “knowledge workers are increasingly dissatisfied with their access to information,” noting that workers felt further hindered over the past few years.

We felt that this Insight would compliment the latest Beyond The Book podcast on the same topic: Beyond the Book: Curation Nation.

You can connect with Beyond the Book on Facebook and Twitter.
Ned can be found on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Authors:

Ned May (Twitter, LinkedIn)

Kate Worlock (Twitter, LinkedIn)

Pooneh Fooladi (LinkedIn)

Audience:

This report defines the worldwide book market and major sub-segments, explores the underlying dynamics across these markets, and sizes and forecasts the current print and e-book opportunity across each. In doing so, Outsell is providing the first worldwide view of the entire market, which will be found valuable by publishers, retailers, journalists, and others covering or interested in the book market on a global scale.

Highlights:

• Despite all the attention on e-books today, they only accounted for 5.2% of worldwide book sales in 2010
• By the end of 2013, however, Outsell foresees the worldwide share for e-books to rise to 16.1%
• Today, growth and penetration of e-books varies greatly by region and by segment making the underlying details as contained in this report critical for understanding how the market is and will continue to unfold

You can purchase this report in the Outsell Store

Press Inquiries for this report

Questions: Scott Templeman (Twitter, LinkedIn) stempleman@outsellinc.com