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Pirates Loot eBooks Across The World Countries hosting and linking to pirated eBook Content No hosting or linking to pirated eBook Content October 2010 800,000 April 2011 1,000,000 Over One Million Pages Link to Pirated eBooks All data compiled by Attributor's Guardian product, unless noted otherwise - this data does not represent the entire industry. For more details, please contact us at [email protected] or +1 (888) 300-9114 © Attributor Corporation Infographic Design by Viewstream.com What Used to be a Problem Across a Few Cyberlockers is Now Across Thousands -10% +16% Growth in Cyberlocker Pirated eBook Content Decline in P2P Pirated eBook Content 4shared 20% hotfile 15% rapidshare 7% uploading 5% 53% A c r o s s O t he r C y b e r l o c k e r s TO P C Y B E R L O C K E R S Attributor Data collected January 2011 - May 2011 Bestselling Does Not Mean Most Pirated Piracy Rank NYT Rank The Help Kathryn Stockett, Berkley Trade Water for Elephants Sara Gruen, Algonquin A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin, Bantam Something Borrowed Emily Giffin, St. Martin's Griffin The Fifth Witness Michael Connelly Little, Brown and Company The Sixth Man David Baldacci Grand Central Publishing Water for Elephants Sara Gruen, Algonquin The Help Kathryn Stockett, Berkley Trade Chasing Fire Nora Roberts, Putnam Adult The Lincoln Lawyer Michael Connelly, Grand Central Publishing The Lincoln Lawyer Michael Connelly, Grand Central Publishing A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin, Bantam The Sixth Man David Baldacci, Grand Central Publishing The Fifth Witness Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company Something Borrowed Emily Giffin, St. Martin's Griffin Savage Nature Christine Feehan, Jove Bel Air Dead Stuart Woods, Putnam Adult Bel Air Dead Stuart Woods, Putnam Adult Chasing Fire Nora Roberts, Putnam Adult Savage Nature Christine Feehan, Jove 1 2 3 Data collected during the week of May 12, 2011 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8X Attributor Attributor Finds 2X Infringements vs. the Competition and Up to 8X per Title eBook Piracy Occurs at All Price Points Attributor Crushes the Competition 2X Attributor The State of Online eBook Piracy Q2 2011 Rate of Piracy Book Price $10 $20 $30 $40 $50 $60 $70 $80 $90 $100 $100+ Data collected January 2011 - May 2011 Based upon side-by-side comparisons during April 2011

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Page 1: The State of Online eBook Piracy Q2 2011 - Digimarc · A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin, Bantam The Sixth Man David Baldacci, Grand Central Publishing The Fifth Witness Michael

Pirates Loot eBooks Across The World

Countries hosting and linking to pirated eBook Content

No hosting or linking to pirated eBook Content

October 2010800,000

April 20111,000,000

Over One Million PagesLink to Pirated eBooks

All data compiled by Attributor's Guardian product, unless noted otherwise - this data does not represent the entire industry. For more details, please contact us at [email protected] or +1 (888) 300-9114 © Attributor Corporation

Infographic Design by Viewstream.com

What Used to be a Problem Across a Few Cyberlockers is

Now Across Thousands

-10% +16%

Growth in Cyberlocker Pirated eBook Content

Decline in P2P PiratedeBook Content

4shared 20%hotfile 15%

rapidshare 7%uploading 5%

53%

Across Other Cyberlock

ers

TOP CYBERLOCKERS

Attributor Data collected January 2011 - May 2011

Bestselling Does NotMean Most Pirated

Piracy Rank NYT Rank

The HelpKathryn Stockett, Berkley Trade

Water for ElephantsSara Gruen, Algonquin

A Game of ThronesGeorge R. R. Martin, Bantam

Something BorrowedEmily Giffin, St. Martin's Griffin

The Fifth WitnessMichael Connelly

Little, Brown and Company

The Sixth ManDavid BaldacciGrand Central Publishing

Water for ElephantsSara Gruen, Algonquin

The HelpKathryn Stockett, Berkley Trade

Chasing Fire Nora Roberts, Putnam Adult

The Lincoln LawyerMichael Connelly, Grand Central Publishing

The Lincoln LawyerMichael Connelly, Grand Central Publishing

A Game of ThronesGeorge R. R. Martin, Bantam

The Sixth ManDavid Baldacci, Grand Central Publishing

The Fifth WitnessMichael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company

Something Borrowed Emily Giffin, St. Martin's Griffin

Savage NatureChristine Feehan, Jove

Bel Air DeadStuart Woods, Putnam Adult

Bel Air DeadStuart Woods, Putnam Adult

Chasing FireNora Roberts, Putnam Adult

Savage NatureChristine Feehan, Jove

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Data collected during the week of May 12, 2011

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8XAttributor

Attributor Finds2X Infringements

vs. the Competition

and Up to 8X per Title

eBook Piracy Occursat All Price Points

Attributor Crushesthe Competition

2XAttributor

The State of Online eBook Piracy Q2 2011

Rat

e of

Pirac

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Book Price$10 $20 $30 $40 $50 $60 $70 $80 $90 $100 $100+

Data collected January 2011 - May 2011

Based upon side-by-side comparisons during April 2011