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AcknowledgmentsThis report has been started as a White Paper for the Toolsof Change Frankfurt (TOC) conference in October 2011, atthe initiative of Kat Meyer and Joe Wikert, and updated andextended in February and October 2012 and in February2013 for the subsequent TOC events in New York andFrankfurt. Upon the discontinuation of the TOC series, thereport’s publisher and owner of the TOC brand, O’ReillyMedia, generously allow Rüdiger Wischenbart Contentand Consulting, who had researched the report and extendedit throug a small team of co-authors, to continueits publication as a ressource on the dynamic evolution ofebooks in the diversity of international markets and contexts.Rebranded as the “Global eBook” report, we wish to thankthe following organizations and individuals for their contributionsto this report:Larrauri Arantza, LibrandaAntonio Maria Avila, Spanish Publishers AssociationJesus Badenes, PlanetaJens Bammel, IPALaura Balwdin, O’Reilly MediaAlessandro Baldeschi, MessagerieMark Bide, EDItEURManuel Bonik, Lisheennageeha Consulting LimitedCarlo Carrenho, PublishNewsJavier Celaya, DosdoceBashar Chebaro, Arab Scientific PublishersSalah Chebaro, Nil WaFuratVirginie Clayssen, EditisCheng Sanguo, BookDaoGemma D’Alessandro, MondadoriAlexander Draculic, Aleksandar DrakulicCameron Drew, KoboDan Fauxsmith, O’Reilly MediaChristine Ferrand, Livres HebdoMonica Fernandez, Ministry of Culture, Spain,Camilla Ferrier , The Marsh AgencyYana Genova, Next PageJohan Greif, elibVladimir Grigoriev, Federal Agency for Press and MassCommunication (Russia)Gilles Haeri, FlammarionGaby Harlow, HoltzbrinckMichael Healy, Copyright Clearance CenterUwe Heldt, Mohrbooks AgencyJo Henry, Bowker Market ResearchPeter Inkei, Budapest ObservatoryNasser Jarrous, Jarrous PressJiang Xiaojuan, Chinese Academy of Press and Publication,Philip Jones, The Bookseller,Tina Jordan, AAPSergei Kaikin, Russian Publishers Association (St Petersburg),Chris Kenneally, Copyright Clearance CenterThe Global eBook Report 109