As it is a final degree assignment, in this work I have tried to apply all the
knowledge acquired in the different subjects I have been working on last years.
Specifically in this work I try to study and show an overview of the book industry.
First I introduce the field and explain the basic concepts. After that it is
introduced the term of Information Technologies as well as there have been
analysed its main consequences on the economy and on the industries, taking
into account the large number of expert economists’ studies of this field.
Concerning the electronic book, the concepts of e-book and e-reader are widely
defined. To finish, we make a review on the price of e-books and the market
competitive concerns.