ExecutiveSummary TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION ONE -INTRODUCTION Background Scope of research Report structure Information sources SECTION TWO -EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Industry overview The need for change Extending textbook life and transferring roles An incremental approach and variations Improving the industry generally Publisher recommendations Government recommendations School recommendations Use of information technology SECTION THREE -SUPPLY AND DEMAND CHARACTERISTICS The markets Textbook supply and demand SECTION FOUR - THEPUBLISHER MARKET Market shares Competition concerns based on market share Imports Supply side substitutability Barriers to entry Satisfying government criteria Satisfying schools' criteria History of entry and exit Information technology Centralized textbook publishing SECTION FIVE - THERETAIL MARKET Second hand textbooks Retail market shares Retail profitability Recent innovations in retailing SECTION SIX -GOVERNMENT POLICIES Educational policies Curriculum development Periodic revisions Production schedules School Guidelines from ED Textbook policy in other jurisdictions SECTION SEVEN -TEXTBOOK SELECTION Disclosure of pricing information Pricing pressure in the selection process Textbook revisions SECTION EIGHT -OVERSEAS EXAMPLES OF TEXTBOOK POLICY Summary Details on individual country/place Australia Canada France Germany Hungary Italy Japan Korea Mainland China Netherlands New Zealand Norway Singapore Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan UK USA SECTION NINE -TEXTBOOK LOAN LIBRARY The existing textbook assistance scheme in Hong Kong Textbook Loan Libraries Overseas experience Alternative Options Impact of loan library Impact on government Impact on schools Impact on students/parents Impact on publishers/retailers Appendix 1:Estimated Market Shares of Publishers in Textbook Market - by Sales Turnover Appendix 2:Estimated Market Shares of Publishers in Textbook Market - by Subject Appendix 3:Number of Books on the Recommended Textbook List Appendix 4:Production Schedule of Textbooks for the Revised CDI Syllabuses Appendix 5:Consumer Council Recommendations on the Issue of the Provision of Sponsorship,Teaching Aids and Donations to Schools by Textbook Publishers Appendix 6:Textbook Prices in Primary and Secondary Schools Appendix 7:Option of using existing textbook assistance funds to create textbook loanlibraries