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BML publishes a number of reports, to order any BML reports, phone 020 7832 1784 or email.

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Global eBook Monitor The Global eBook Monitor (GeM) tracks consumer purchases of e-books, and attitudes about e-books, in ten major world markets and aims to inform the publishing industry during a critical period of change. Research for Bowker’s Global e-book Monitor was conducted among the online population in 10 countries – Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Japan, South Korea, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S.

£499+VAT/US $795/AU$785 Discounts are available for multiple copy orders as follows: 5% for 2nd report ordered; 10% for 3rd report ordered, 15% for 4th report ordered, etc
BML US 2012 Travel Report Understanding UK consumer attitudes towards travel guides and travel information £2,850 +VAT (20% discount if bought with US Travel Report below) £2,850 +VAT (20% discount if bought with US Travel Report below)
PubTrack US 2012 Travel Report Understanding US consumer attitudes towards travel guides and travel information £2,850 +VA(20% discount if bought with UK Travel Report above)

£2,850 +VAT (20% discount if bought with UK Travel Report above)

Students' Information Sources in the Digital World (2011) Establishing current use of resources by students, investigate students attitudes to printed & digital material & how the use of one affects the other, and provide bench mark data from which to monitor changes over time N/a £3,000 +VAT £3,000 +VAT
Reading the Future 2011 A joint report from BML & The Bookseller on book consumers, current & future £295 £595 +VAT £595 +VAT

2011 Books & Consumers Bulletin on the British consumer market Review of latest ytd trends inc year on year comparison with information on genre/category purchases + retailer & publisher performance 4 per year ISBN 9781873517383

N/a £2,500 +VAT £2,500 +VAT

2010 Books & Consumers: The adult consumer book market in detail Detailed look at the performance of the adult book market with information on who buys books, genres bought, sources used, purchase reason & prompts ISBN 9781873517284 

N/a £6,000 +VAT £6,000 +VAT
2010 Books & Consumers: The children's consumer book market in detail As above for children's market ISBN 9781873517482 N/a £4,000 +VAT £4,000 +VAT
2010 Books & Consumers: Summary of the British Consumer Book Market An overview of the main characteristics of the British book market with profiles of some of the key genres and consumer groups ISBN 9781873517536 N/a £900    +VAT £900    +VAT
2010 Books & Consumers: GenreProfile reports Overview of particular genres showing market size by format, demographics of buyer and end user, source of purchase, price band paid and whether it was bought at discount, plus purchase prompt and reason (genres as available) N/a £650 +VAT       per genre  £650 +VAT       per genre 
2010 Books & Consumers: SourceProfile reports Profile of individual retailers showing market size by format, demographics of customers, price band paid, reasons for purchase and shre of genres/publishers(sources as available) N/a £1,800 +VAT per retailer £1,800 +VAT per retailer
Books & Consumers: Market Sector Reports Purchases over 3 years (buyers, units & spending) giving market size, detailed sources used, purchase prompts/reasons, and who bought for; demographics over 3 years (buyers/units/spending) by sex/age, social grade, TV region, working status and family status; purchases of books overall over 3 years (buyers/units/spending) for total book purchases/spend, book genres purchased and sources used for books.  Summary report with charts & bullet points, plus full background tables (produced to order) N/a £2,750 per market sector £2,750 per market sector

Spotlight on...                               Upmarket females                                Teenage Boys                                     Older working men                          Young women without children                                      Teenage girls                        Downmarket males                         Working mothers                            Retired men

N/a £500 +VAT per report/ consumer group £500 +VAT per report/ consumer group
2010/11 Understanding the Digital Book Consumer A 3-staged project to assess the current market, monitor changes over time and investigate attitudes and opinions, inc barriers or promoters to participation in the digital market among British consumers ISBN 9781873517437 N/a £3,000 +VAT £3,000 +VAT
2010 Ebook device ownership and readership Comparison of electronic device use by book lovers & the population, which devices are used for reading ebooks, demographics of owners of devices such as iPhone, Ipads, Kindles ISBN 9781873517239 N/a £250 +VAT £250 +VAT
2010 Book Lovers & Social Networking User demographics, reasons for using social networking, comparison of different platforms, the impact of social networking on recommendations, genres ISBN 9781873517130 N/a £250 +VAT £250 +VAT
2010 Book Lovers & Literary Festivals Profile of literary festival visitors, which festivals are the most popular and with whom, reasons for attending  ISBN 9781873517185 N/a £250 +VAT £250 +VAT

2009 The "special relationship": A comparison of consumer book buying habits & trends in the US & Britain - In association with Bowker & BML - Research comparing consumer book buying habits & trends in the US & Britain (PDF only)
ISBN 9780835250344

N/a

£150+VAT  £250 + VAT

2008 Book-lovers & the Environment Attitudes, habits and awareness among book-lovers in relation to the environment generally and in relation to books (PDF only)
ISBN 9781873517031

£100 +VAT (PGN/EAG members and BML clients)

£125 +VAT £125 +VAT

2008 Books & bookshops at the dawning of the digital age Consumer awareness of/interest in downloading books.
ISBN 9781873517871

£400 +VAT

£535 +VAT

£750 +VAT

2007 Books & the Consumer Summary Report (PDF only) ISBN 9781873517970
N/a
£150 +VAT £250 +VAT

2007 Consumer book purchasing influences Importance of price offers, cover, charts, ads, prizes, and browsing among consumers.
ISBN 9781873517925

£295 +VAT

£400 +VAT

£565 +VAT

2006 Books & the Consumer Summary Report

N/a

£150 +VAT

£250 +VAT

2005 Books & the Consumer Summary Report ISBN 1873517327

N/a

£150 +VAT

£250 +VAT

2004 Expanding the Market - Summary report on a research project funded by Arts Council England and a consortium of publishers and retailers, looking at non and light book buyers and readers ISBN 1873517270

Available free of charge

Available free of charge Available free of charge

2004 Evaluation of the Richard & Judy Book Club - Impact of the R&J book club / 2004 ISBN 1873517424

N/a

£25 +VAT 

£50 +VAT

2003 Student information sources and book buying behaviour 2003 - a research project on behalf of CAPP into student book buying habits

Free of charge on the PA website: www.publishers.org.uk

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2000 Reading the Situation - Book reading, buying and borrowing habits in Britain ISBN 1873517769

N/a

£37.50 +VAT

£75 +VAT

1998 Household Library Use Survey - a detailed examination of the public's use of libraries in Britain ISBN 1873517262

N/a
£37.50 +VAT  £50 +VAT

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