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Bibliography

Full bibliography by alphabetical order.

 

 

 

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  • Bain & Company (s.d.). Publishing in the Digital Era. study for the Forum d’Avignon.

 

 

 

  • Bohlen G. M., Diamantopoulos A. & Schlegelmilch, B. B. (1996). The link between green purchasing decisions and measures of environmental consciousness.

 

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  • Cushing, T. (2014, 14 July). France Passes Anti-Amazon Law Eliminating Free Shipping; Amazon Responds With 0.01 Euro Shipping Fees. https://www.techdirt.com

 

  • Davies, R., (2011, 22 November). AbeBooks.co.uk shines in Which?,  Magazine survey of online shopping sites. Adebooks book blog, http://www.abebooks.com/blog

 

  • DICE Database (2003). Fixed Book Price Agreements in Europe, 2003. Ifo Institute.

 

  • Donnat, O. (2009). Les pratiques culturelles des Français à l’ère numérique, Éléments de synthèse 1997-2008. Ministère de la culture et de la communication

 

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  • European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education (2003). Special Needs Education in Europe.

 

  • European Commission (2007). European more green conscious than Americans. Online http://ec.europa.eu/

 

 

  • Federation of European Publishers (2015). Report of Activities May 2014.

 

 

  • Finkelstein, D. & McCleery, A. (2005). Introduction to book history, p. 130.

 

  • First Research (2016). Book Publishers Industry Profile.

 

  • Fishwick, F. (2008). Book retailing in the UK since the abandonment of fixed prices.

 

 

  • France TV Info (2016, 17 March). L’ebook stagnant en France, l’avenir du livre est-il dans l’impression à la demande?. http://www.francetvinfo.fr

 

  • Fruntes, C. (2015). Trends and developments on the Book Market. Particularities of the Romanian market. Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, Series V : Economic Sciences, Vol. 8 (57) No. 2

 

 

  • German Publishers & Booksellers Association (2014). Books and the book trade in figures.

 

  • German Publishers & Booksellers Association (2014). France : Information on the economy and society.

 

  • German Publishers & Booksellers Association (2015). Italy : Information about the economy and society.

 

  • German Publishers & Booksellers Association (2015). Summary of the study : Buyers and readers of books 2015. Profiles, motives, attitudes.

 

 

  • Giornale Della Libreria (2014). Italian Books abroad (and foreing books in Italy).

 

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  • Google Fusion Tables (s.d.). List of universities in the United Kingdom by enrollment. tables.googlelabs.com/

 

  • Gov.uk (2014). Number of schools, teachers and students in England. report from the Department for Education

 

 

  • Grover, V. & Markus, M. L. (2008). Business Process Transformation, p. 186.

 

 

 

 

 

  • Hornberger, K. (2013, 7 March). Better World Books – A game changing triple bottom line online book selling business. Social Impact Business Models blog : https://sibm.co

 

  • I.T. Strategies (2013). The evolution of the book industry: Implications for European Book Manufacturers and Printers. research commissioned by Ricoh.

 

  • IBISWorld (2015). Books Retailers in the UK: Market Research Report.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • Lebert, M. (2009). A Short History of eBooks.

 

 

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  • Marosevic, Z. (2014). Amazon is France’s number one online retailer.

 

 

 

 

  • Mintel Oxygen (2011). Books and e-books – UK – February 2011.

 

 

 

  • NOP World (2005, 15 June). NOP World Culture Score(TM) Index Examines Global Media Habits... Uncovers Who's Tuning In, Logging On and Hitting the Books. http://www.prnewswire.com

 

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  • PWC (2010). Turning the page : the future of ebooks.

 

  • PWC (2015). Book publishing : Key insights at a glance.

 

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  • Siebert, T. (2016, 4 February). German Government proposes fixed book prices for e-books. http://www.kwm.com

 

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  • Statista (2016). Digital publishing revenue in Germany from 2014 to 2020, by format (in million U.S. dollars). http://www.statista.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • The Publishers Association (2014). Publishing for Britain A manifesto for publishing, culture and the economy.

 

  • The Publishers Association (2014). The UK Book Publishing Industry in Statistics 2014.

 

 

 

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