Summary
Books in China industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2019-24, and forecast to 2029). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.
Key Highlights
- The books market is segmented into physical, e-book, and other books. The market value represents the retail sales. This physical segment encompasses all types of physical books, including hardcover and paperback books. The scope of the segment includes atlases, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, textbooks, guidebooks, musical scores, maps, fiction, and non-fiction. The e-books segment consists of electronic books that can be read on computers or other electronic devices such as tablets. The scope of the other segment includes downloading audiobooks and physical audiobooks. Download audiobooks refer to the digital versions of books that were initially on CDs or tapes. These can be downloaded onto either a computer or a digital device. Physical audiobooks are audio recordings of a book that can be either exact word-for-word versions or abridged versions.
- The Chinese books market recorded revenues of $39.0 billion in 2024, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.6% between 2019 and 2024.
- The physical segment accounted for the market's largest proportion in 2024, with total revenues of $20.0 billion, equivalent to 51.3% of the market's overall value.
- In 2024, China accounted for a 45.0% share of the Asia-Pacific books market.
Scope
- Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the books market in China
- Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the books market in China
- 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 China books market with five year forecasts
Reasons to Buy
- What was the size of the China books market by value in 2024?
- What will be the size of the China books market in 2029?
- What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the China books market?
- How has the market performed over the last five years?
- What are the main segments that make up China's books market?
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Table of Contents
1 Executive Summary
1.1. Market value
1.2. Market value forecast
1.3. Category segmentation
1.4. Geography segmentation
1.5. Market rivalry
1.6. Competitive landscape
2 Market Overview
2.1. Market definition
2.2. Market analysis
3 Market Data
3.1. Market value
4 Market Segmentation
4.1. Category segmentation
4.2. Geography segmentation
5 Market Outlook
5.1. Market value forecast
6 Five Forces Analysis
6.1. Summary
6.2. Buyer power
6.3. Supplier power
6.4. New entrants
6.5. Threat of substitutes
6.6. Degree of rivalry
7 Competitive Landscape
7.1. Who are the leading players?
7.2. What are the strengths of the leading players?
7.3. What are the recent developments in the market?
8 Company Profiles
8.1. China Publishing Group Corp
8.2. E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc.
8.3. JD.com Inc
8.4. Amazon.com Inc
9 Macroeconomic Indicators
9.1. Country data
10 Appendix
10.1. Methodology
10.2. Industry associations
10.3. Related MarketLine research
10.4. About MarketLine
List of Tables
Table 1: China books market value: $ million, 2019-24
Table 2: China books market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2019-24
Table 3: China books market category segmentation: $ million, 2019-24
Table 4: China books market geography segmentation: $ million, 2024
Table 5: China books market value forecast: $ million, 2024-29
Table 6: China Publishing Group Corp: Key Facts
Table 7: China Publishing Group Corp: Key Employees
Table 8: E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc.: Key Facts
Table 9: JD.com Inc: Key Facts
Table 10: JD.com Inc: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 11: JD.com Inc: Key Employees
Table 12: Amazon.com Inc: Key Facts
Table 13: Amazon.com Inc: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 14: Amazon.com Inc: Key Employees
Table 15: China Size of Population (Million), 2020-24
Table 16: China Real GDP (Constant 2010 Prices, $ Billion), 2020-24
Table 17: China GDP (Current Prices, $ Billion), 2020-24
Table 18: China Inflation, 2020-24
Table 19: China Consumer Price Index (Absolute), 2020-24
Table 20: China Exchange Rate, 2019-24
List of Figures
Figure 1: China books market value: $ million, 2019-24
Figure 2: China books market category segmentation: $ million, 2019-24
Figure 3: China books market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2024
Figure 4: China books market value forecast: $ million, 2024-29
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the books market in China, 2024
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the books market in China, 2024
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the books market in China, 2024
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the books market in China, 2024
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the books market in China, 2024
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the books market in China, 2024
