Thanks to its diverse reading channels and development, Shanda Literature earned 173 million RMB net revenue in the second quarter this year (+24% y-o-y) according to its latest financial statement, for a total of 311 million RMB net revenue in the first half year (+111% y-o-y). At present, Shanda Literature has six original literature webs [...]
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“Red Comic Book Series” iPad edition launched in China
26/08/2011China Publishing Group Digital Media Co. issued the “Red Comic Book Series” iPad edition, which includes hundreds of classic “red” (communist) comic works since the founding of China. This comic book series is divided into 5 parts, with one part issued each week. Source: “Red Comic Book Series” iPad edition launched (in Chinese) Also see [...]
Baidu Library signs agreement with publishers to sell authorised ebooks （China）
19/07/2011After the copyright infringement allegations against Baidu Library in March，an agreement to sell ebooks was now reached with several publishing houses and consulting companies in the press industry including Wenhui Publishing House， Blue Lion Readers’ Club and eBook House Culture. There are currently 10,067 authorised ebooks sold in Baidu Library from 47 copyright holders. Ebooks [...]
Digital publishing in China: Dragonsource Qikan to launch 500 magazine apps this year
21/03/2011Recently, Dragonsource Qikan launched its first app “Popular Photography” for the iPad. Within only 4 days, this app was downloaded over 20,000 times without any promotion. This was Dragonsource’s first step in its apps strategy, this year the company plans to launch 500 iPad apps in cooperation with periodical publishers who want iPad access but [...]
Empty shelves in Baidu’s online bookstore (China)
31/01/2011At the end of last month I summarized an article “Baidu began selling e-books to counter piracy allegations” which already stated that Baidu had quietly launched its Bookstore business and that the bookstore is made up of nine categories such as novel, literature, science, etc., with only 28 books on offer. Although the article “Baidu [...]
Hanvon’s CEO on China’s e-book market: content competition and copyright protection
08/12/2010Chairman Liu Yingjian announced that Hanvon (Hanwang) Technology has become the world’s third largest and China’s largest e-book company, with more than one million users. He believes that competition will focus on content and that copyright protection will be the key to whether or not the market will develop healthily. Currently, lacking copyright protection is [...]
(Case study) Xinhua Bookstore’s “9yue Net”: developing digital publishing to change market pattern (China)
26/11/2010Digital publishing developed rapidly in 2010. Publishers, hardware producers and Internet enterprises show great interest in this area. Xinhua Bookstore also takes action by establishing its digital publishing platform “9yue Net”, mainly providing e-book reading services: “9yue Net” has invested much money to set up a copyright protection system in order to protect the interest [...]
Complete list of enterprises which received e-book licenses (China)
06/11/2010As mentioned in the post “E-books in China: first licenses issued; regulations for foreign products coming“, thirty enterprises were awarded four different kinds of e-book licenses. Below is a complete list as stated on the GAPP website (in Chinese), some of the lesser-known companys’ names might not be translated correctly 100%, for some I added [...]
E-books in China: first licenses issued; regulations for foreign products coming
05/11/2010The altogether thirty licenses issued to 21 companies yesterday fall into four categories: e-book publishing: 4 licenses, among them for China Publishing Group, e-book reproduction: 13 licenses, among them for Hanvon Technology and Shanda Literature, e-book distribution: 8 licenses, e-book import and export: 5 licenses, among them for China Import and Export Group. GAPP’s vice [...]
Shanda accuses Baidu of fostering online piracy; will launch own search engine for copyrighted e-books
28/10/2010At the product launch of its e-book reader “Bambook”, Shanda’s CEO Hou Xiaoqiang talked about the topic of online literature copyright protection. He believed that Baidu fosters online piracy, obstructing the digital publishing industry. For example, he said, 95% of the novels on Shengda Literature’s website have pirated copies in Baidu Library. There will be [...]
Shanda Literature CEO warns Kindle will fail in China
27/10/2010As China Daily‘s article “Rival warns Kindle will fail in China” states, Shanda Literature’s CEO “Hou Xiaoqiang said rampant piracy, fierce competition from copycat products and the lack of support from domestic publishers will hamper the success of Amazon’s e-book reader”. The article mentions further comments by Hou on the importance of content.
Interpreting GAPP “Opinions” on the e-book industry’s development: the discussion continues (China)
26/10/2010Recently, GAPP published the “Opinions of the General Administration of Press and Publication on the Development of the E-book Industry“ (see post “Twenty suggestions on developing China’s e-book industry – GAPP’s “Opinions”“). Now, further discussions about the “Opinions” are being carried out. To regulate the market or to support the “magnates”？ Large e-book enterprises show [...]
Shanda Literature: e-books trapped in ISBN grey zone (China)
25/10/2010The recently published “Opinions of the General Administration of Press and Publication on the Development of the E-book Industry” require that all contents pre-installed or downloaded onto e-book readers / devices must be official publications, meaning they must have an ISBN. Shanda Literature, the world’s biggest online literature platform, falls into an ISBN grey zone: [...]
Problems China’s private book industry faces in digital publishing
21/10/2010In 2009, the gross output of China’s digital publishing had reached 79.94 billion RMB, exceeding traditional book publishing. According to statistics, 90.8% of the 357,000 press and publication companies were “non-public” (=private). The large scale of the digital publishing market attracts private publishers who are searching for alternatives since the market for their business in [...]
China to establish standards for e-book contents
21/10/2010According to the first working conference of the E-Book Contents Standards Project Group, they are currently establishing a standards system consisting of several categories, such as quality standards, content format standards, content platform standards, copyright protection standards, etc. for e-books. The first standard project proposals will be submitted to the secretariat before November 20th. The [...]
Shanda Literature CEO: 10 million users needed for e-book industry to make money relying on content
21/10/2010A brief summary in English on the eBook Summit Forum organized recently by the One Person One Book (OPOB) Fund. Source: Shanda VS Hanwang Technology on eBook Summit Forum (in English)
GAPP “Opinions” on e-book development in China: media and stock market reactions
14/10/2010The publication of GAPP’s “Opinions of the General Administration of Press and Publication on the Development of the E-book Industry” (see my post “Twenty suggestions on developing China’s e-book industry – GAPP’s “Opinions” for a complete list) received wide media attention in China and abroad, and the domestic stock markets reaction was positive with Hanvon’s [...]
Twenty suggestions on developing China’s e-book industry – GAPP’s “Opinions”
14/10/2010In its “Opinions of the General Administration of Press and Publication on the Development of the E-book Industry“, GAPP provides twenty suggestions about how to develop China’s e-book industry, enumerated under four different topics: I Importance of the e-book industry’s development 1. E-book is the product integrating various high technologies, such as publishing, Internet and [...]
