Luis Francisco Rodriguez, ‘Spanish market is experiencing a revolution with the new e-book

According to Luis Francisco Rodriguez, this trend in the Spanish market is also seen in the number of e-readers available in stores

Luis Francisco Rodriguez, ‘Spanish market is experiencing a revolution with the new e-book

Publidisa is the largest provider of content for e-Books in Spanish and was a pioneer and promoter of this format. Publidisa Todoebook.com created in 2000 as a service for distributing e-books, now they have 25,000 titles available for sale, while only six months ago, this pioneering company handled only 15,000 titles.

According to Luis Francisco Rodriguez, this trend in the Spanish market is also seen in the number of e-readers available in stores. "When we began offering e-books in 2000, there were no readers anywhere. And 18 months ago there was only one e-book reader and now there are a dozen models, and all this in a very short time" he said.

On November 18, in Madrid, the Digital Book Fair will take place and it will include digital publishing and other companies who are "more established" in the field of digital books. "The e-reader is becoming the iPod of music, but in the field of books, and now it's fairly easy to find a person reading an electronic book on the subway," said the CEO of the company, which recently reached a deal with Amazon to offer on its website, on request, 8,500 Spanish books with more than 200 publishers.

Rodriguez said that his companies electronic books have an average discount of 40% compared to the paper version and are compatible with other e-readers. "We have estimated that an average reader who may be buying two books a month, six months, has recovered the investment made in the e-reader", he said. Also, the executive director of Publidisa argued that the e-reader is not only to read books that have been purchased, but also to store the documents themselves, including mp3 playback.

With a turnover of over 9 million in 2008, Publidisa serves over 1,200 customers, in more than 150 countries. Publidisa services are articulated through a virtual platform exclusively, with which editors have access to a managed system of production of integral type, which allows customers to perform editorial productions "on demand".



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