A Changing Retail Marketplace.

INTERNET bookstores; LITERATURE & the Internet; ELECTRONIC books; ONLINE shopping; NONFICTION reading materials; BOOK industry; BOOK sales & prices; INGRAM Content Group Inc.; FORECASTING

This article discuses the emerging phenomenon of the transition of sales in the book industry from physical to online markets, with a particular focus on data gathered by the U.S.-based service provider to the book publishing industry Ingram Content Group. Topics include the availability of additional online retail opportunities, the potential for growth in the expansion of nonfiction markets, and the development of vertical models for retail organizations.