It is that time of year when scholars of book industry make their predictions for the year ahead. Here is the presentation about what we forecast will happen in book industry in 2013.

5. Amazon is now operating stores in around 10 countries
Kobo has been acquired by the global ecommerce juggernaut
Rakuten based in Japan
Apple iBookstore aims to spread in about 50 countries
Barnes & Noble has already entered United Kingdom in
2012, aims to go global in 2013

7. The refusal of traditional publishers to distribute E-Books to libraries
has formed a window of opportunity for self-published writers
Self publishing of books helps authors earning royalties up to 60-70%
New analysis from Bowker shows that the number of self-published
books produces in America grew by 287 percent to 235,625 books
since 2006

9. Why?
Supply of Books in bulk
Limited supply of reader eyeballs
Unlimited supply of other non-book media
systems

11. Proven bestsellers lower down the risks of script being not liked
by the audience
It minimizes the loss on investment and increases the chance of
being a box office hit
The film or television producer may love to start production
only after learning that the story resonates with readers