From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 22:28:59 -0400 Are you referring to books or journals, Toby? For books there is a very strong interest in print. I don't think your figures (assuming you are talking about books) are representative of the market as a whole. Joe Esposito On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 7:49 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 06:09:23 +0000 > > Many readers prefer print? Judging from our data, I think things are > changing very fast. This year we'll ship around 300k print editions > and downloads will be more than 12 million. Demand for print is > shrinking at around 25% per annum, demand for downloads is growing at > around 40%. But the revenue per download is dropping fast. I think the > differences between journal and monograph publishing are getting fewer > and the challenges becoming more similar. > > Toby Green, Head of Publishing, OECD > www.oecd-ilibrary.org