Introduction

Books in Asia-Pacific industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2007-11, and forecast to 2016). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Asia-Pacific books market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The books market includes atlases, dictionaries, encyclopedias, text books, guidebooks, musical scores, maps, fiction and non-fiction. All physical books sold from internet sites like Amazon.com are included but e-books are not included. The market is valued at retail selling price (RSP) with any currency conversions calculated using constant annual average 2010 exchange rates.

*The Asia-Pacific books market is expected to generate total revenue of $29.3 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.9% between 2007 and 2011.

*Sales by music, video, books and stationery retailers proved the most lucrative for the Asia-Pacific books market in 2011, with total revenues of $22.5 billion, equivalent to 76.8% of the market's overall value.

*The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 6.5% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $40.2 billion by the end of 2016.

Features

Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, and leading players in the books market in Asia-Pacific

Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the books market in Asia-Pacific

Leading company profiles reveal details of key books market players’ global operations and financial performance

Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the Asia-Pacific books market with five year forecasts

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Asia-Pacific economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the Asia-Pacific books market by value in 2011?

What will be the size of the Asia-Pacific books market in 2016?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Asia-Pacific books market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

How large is Asia-Pacific’s books market in relation to its regional counterparts?
 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 6
Market definition 6
Market analysis 6
MARKET DATA 7
Market value 7
MARKET SEGMENTATION 8
Geography segmentation 8
Market distribution 9
MARKET OUTLOOK 10
Market value forecast 10
FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 11
Summary 11
Buyer power 12
Supplier power 13
New entrants 14
Threat of substitutes 15
Degree of rivalry 16
LEADING COMPANIES 17
Amazon.com, Inc. 17
Bookoff Corporation Limited 20
Top Culture Co. Ltd 23
Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co., Ltd 26
APPENDIX 29
Methodology 29
Industry associations 30
Related Datamonitor research 30

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Asia-Pacific books market value: $ million, 2007–11(e) 7
Table 2: Asia-Pacific books market geography segmentation : $million, by value, 2011(e) 8
Table 3: Asia-Pacific books market distribution: % share, by value, 2011(e) 9
Table 4: Asia-Pacific books market value forecast: $ million, 2011–16 10
Table 5: Amazon.com, Inc.: key facts 17
Table 6: Amazon.com, Inc.: key financials ($) 18
Table 7: Amazon.com, Inc.: key financial ratios 18
Table 8: Bookoff Corporation Limited: key facts 20
Table 9: Bookoff Corporation Limited: key financials ($) 20
Table 10: Bookoff Corporation Limited: key financials (¥) 21
Table 11: Bookoff Corporation Limited: key financial ratios 21
Table 12: Top Culture Co. Ltd: key facts 23
Table 13: Top Culture Co. Ltd: key financials ($) 23
Table 14: Top Culture Co. Ltd: key financials (¥) 23
Table 15: Top Culture Co. Ltd: key financial ratios 24
Table 16: Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co., Ltd: key facts 26
Table 17: Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co., Ltd: key financials ($) 27
Table 18: Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co., Ltd: key financials (CNY) 27
Table 19: Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co., Ltd: key financial ratios 27

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Asia-Pacific books market value: $ million, 2007–11(e) 7
Figure 2: Asia-Pacific books market geography segmentation : % share, by value, 2011(e) 8
Figure 3: Asia-Pacific books market distribution: % share, by value, 2011(e) 9
Figure 4: Asia-Pacific books market value forecast: $ million, 2011–16 10
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the books market in Asia-Pacific, 2011 11
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the books market in Asia-Pacific, 2011 12
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the books market in Asia-Pacific, 2011 13
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the books market in Asia-Pacific, 2011 14
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the books market in Asia-Pacific, 2011 15
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the books market in Asia-Pacific, 2011 16
Figure 11: Amazon.com, Inc.: revenues & profitability 18
Figure 12: Amazon.com, Inc.: assets & liabilities 19
Figure 13: Bookoff Corporation Limited: revenues & profitability 21
Figure 14: Bookoff Corporation Limited: assets & liabilities 22
Figure 15: Top Culture Co. Ltd: revenues & profitability 24
Figure 16: Top Culture Co. Ltd: assets & liabilities 24
Figure 17: Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co., Ltd: revenues & profitability 27
Figure 18: Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co., Ltd: assets & liabilities 28