E-book sales in The Netherlands passed the 600,000 mark over the first half of 2012, with close to 16,000 available titles. E-book revenue constitutes 3% of the market, against 1,6% over 2011 and 0,7% over 2010.

The Dutch e-book market is predicted to reach 5-7% at the end of this year. This means the growth of both sales and the number of available titles is now clearly accelerating. Read more »

Two pieces of news from Amazon yesterday - one anticipated, one very surprising. After launching their Romance imprint Montlake it was clear that the company had serious plans to move into regular publishing. Yesterday the Thomas & Mercer Mystery Imprint was announced, launching with four titles. Read more »