The State of the Digital Edition Industry in 2011

The good news? Publishers on both the consumer and b-to-b sides are more satisfied with their digital editions than last year when Nxtbook first conducted the survey. However, there is some growing frustration as publishers continue to struggle with how to actually monetize digital editions.

Fifty-nine percent of respondents are “aggressively moving forward” with mobile devices, up 25 percent from last year.

Meanwhile, 25 percent say they plan to move to these devices, but feel no rush; 6 percent say they’re uncertain if their digital magazine needs to be on these devices; and 5 percent say they’ve decided to not worry