Bikesharing programs have grown in popularity in recent years and are sweeping cities across the nation as an environmentally friendly form of public transportation. Their presence certainly sparks interest in cycling among a demographic far-removed from bicycles in their daily lives, but will traditional bike sales benefit or be cannibalized by a new rental industry?
July 9, 2019Reference management tools such as Mendeley and ReadCube only generate 1% to 2% of scientific and technical journal sales, but publishers are betting on them in a big way to build deeper relationships with customers - this according to the most recent report from media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information. The report, Global Scientific & Technical Publishing 2015-2019, found that the global scientific and technical publishing market saw very modest growth in 2014 with total sales...
September 21, 2015Online services have taken over as the lead revenue generating medium in the tax, accounting and business publishing market, supplanting books for the first time ever, according to the latest report from Simba Information, a leading media industry forecast and analysis firm. Global Tax, Accounting & Business Publishing 2013-2014 revealed that online services grew to 5.1% to $3 billion in 2012, representing 43% of the entire market, pushing the book category into second place for the first time...
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