Simba Information – Reports
Leading Authority for Market Intelligence on the Education and Professional Publishing Industries
Since its inception in 1989, Simba Information has served as a trusted source for market insights into the educational publishing arena and assisted key decision-makers at over 15,000 client companies across the globe with timely news, analysis, exclusive statistics, and proprietary industry forecasts. Through a bimonthly newsletter, off-the-shelf market research reports, and custom research capabilities, Simba Information ensures clients have access to hard-to-find, granular data on the highly dynamic educational instructional materials and professional publishing industries.
Key topics covered by Simba include the changing market for reading, math, science, and social studies instructional materials; social and emotional learning; supplementary materials; enrollment and demographics; federal and state public policies and budgeting; AI and learning; state textbook adoptions, the changing testing market; ongoing cultural and political textbook issues; professional development; and college course materials.
Gain a Competitive Edge with Simba Information
Actionable insights: Making informed decisions requires a comprehensive understanding of the market landscape. That’s why Simba Information’s research goes beyond surface-level data and analysis. Simba’s research covers market sizing and forecasts; industry structure; the competitive landscape; company financials and profiles of leading edtech, start-ups, and traditional educational publishers; new product development; government regulations; market challenges and opportunities; digital vs. print trends; educator and student stresses; and other key social and political trends impacting the classroom. Moreover, Simba Information carefully tracks policies and disruptive technologies that could reshape the overall business environment.
Rigorous methodology: The Simba team specializes in education instructional materials and professional publishing markets, providing a higher level of precision and expertise than general-purpose research firms. Simba Information uses a combination of primary and secondary research and competitor interviews to gather financial data and strategic information. Simba’s analysts put the data in historical context and explain the impact of trends and events, so clients can accurately gauge the potential effect on their position in the market.
Strong credibility: As an independent, third-party market research firm, Simba Information’s only goal is to help publishers and tech companies achieve their business objectives and sharpen their go-to-market strategies. With a solid reputation and consistent quality of service, Simba Information has built lasting relationships with top industry players that span decades.
Special Focus on the Professional Publishing Industry
In addition to our expertise on the K-12 and higher education instructional materials and textbook markets, Simba also researches and publishes in-depth market analyses on professional publishing segments including scholarly e-books; global professional publishing; open access books and journals; STM online services; global medical publishing; global scientific and technical publishing; and global social sciences and humanities publishing.
Unparalleled Collection of Education Market Research
Simba Information’s research provides authoritative data and analysis that clients cannot find anywhere else — including market size estimates, forecasts, and revenue breakdowns — that can help business strategists make important business decisions with confidence and stay ahead of the competition. Choose Simba Information as your trusted partner in market research and unlock the insights needed to achieve growth and long-term success.
117 Reports from Simba Information – Reports
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State of College Course Materials 2017-2018
State of College Course Materials 2017-2018 The first report in the College Course Materials Market Trends & Forecast series from Simba Information presents an overview of the changing market for instructional resources in higher education in the U.S., including current market conditions and the ... Read More
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Publishing for the Mobile Professional 2018-2021
Publishing For The Mobile Professional 2018-2021 This report sizes the global market for professional information distributed via wireless technology services. Other businesses that may also be considered online, such as consumer information services, web technology companies, e-mail providers and s ... Read More
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Publishing for PreK-12 Market 2018-2019
Publishing for the PreK-12 Market 2017-2018 Publishing for the PreK-12 Market 2018-2019 addresses the challenges and opportunities in the PreK-12 school market and examines the strategies publishers are putting into effect and the new products that are emerging to meet the changes in the school mark ... Read More
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Open Access Book Publishing 2018-2022
Open Access Book Publishing 2018-2022 With the growing success and acceptance of open access journal publishing, major publishers have extended their open access book publishing as well. When Simba Information first reported on this publishing sector, OA books were a niche market, just beginning to ... Read More
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PreK-12 Industry Competitive Analysis
PreK-12 Instructional Materials Industry Competitive Analysis, 2018 PreK-12 Instructional Materials Industry Competitive Analysis, 2018 examines the ways publishers are adapting to the changing demand for instructional materials in the school market in the U.S. Based on Simba Information’s continuou ... Read More
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PreK-12 Enrollment & Demographics 2018-2019
PreK-12 Enrollment & Demographics, 2018-2019 PreK-12 Enrollment & Demographics 2018-2019 provides information on how many students are currently enrolled in PreK-12 schools in the U.S. and about enrollment trends over time for the total population of students and selected subgroups. The main source ... Read More
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Open Access Journal Publishing 2018-2022
Open Access Journal Publishing 2018-2022 While open access journal publishing is not without its critics, the global push for open access continues to gain strength. According to Simba Information, the open access journal market is quite robust and larger than previously thought. The market has also ... Read More
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Schools of the Future: Content, Curriculum and the Physical Space
Schools of the Future: Content, Curriculum and the Physical Space Across the U.S., school districts are embracing the concept of future-ready schools, or schools that are rooted in the 21st Century Learning Framework. In such schools, teachers’ and students’ roles are reversed—students take a greate ... Read More
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Schools of the Future, Part 2: The Physical Space
Schools of the Future, Part 2: The Physical Space Across the U.S., school districts are embracing the concept of future-ready schools, or schools that are rooted in the 21st Century Learning Framework. In such schools, teachers’ and students’ roles are reversed—students take a greater role in direct ... Read More
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PreK-12 Budget & Policy Outlook, 2018-2019
PreK-12 Budget & Policy Outlook, 2018-2019 PreK-12 Budget & Policy Outlook, 2018-2019 provides authoritative insights on K-12 educational policy changes and funding trends at the federal and state levels. The report explains the impact of the Trump administration’s education policies a ... Read More
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Scholarly & Professional E-Book Publishing 2018-2022
Scholarly & Professional E-Book Publishing 2018-2022 Scholarly & Professional E-Book Publishing 2018-2022 provides exclusive data and analysis to help you understand different opportunities and challenges shaping the global scholarly and professional e-book publishing market. In the report, ... Read More
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2017 Simba Information National Instructional Materials Adoption Scorecard with 2018 Outlook
2017 National Instructional Materials Adoption Scorecard and 2018 Outlook In terms of selling instructional content to schools, the division of the U.S. PreK-12 school market into instructional materials adoption states and open territories has been one of the most important considerations for educa ... Read More
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Schools of the Future, Part 1: Content and Curriculum
Schools of the Future, Part 1 The school of the future supports 21st century learning through a transformation from teacher-led to student-led learning, an emphasis on hands-on learning and collaboration, a wealth of technology and other tools to foster inquiry, and a physical space that supports al ... Read More
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K-12 Science Market and STEM Outlook Report 2018
K-12 Science Market and STEM Outlook Report 2018 Simba Information fielded a national survey of educators in October/November 2017 to gather up-to-date data on the state of science instruction in the U.S. Key findings are included in K-12 Science Market and STEM Outlook Report 2018, which details: W ... Read More
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College Course Materials Trends and Outlook 2018-2020
College Course Materials Trends and Outlook 2018-2020 The current climate in higher education remains volatile with key factors — such as enrollment and funding — continuing to be in flux. Due to the unsettled market landscape, educational publishers face unique challenges and opportunities in the y ... Read More
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K-12 Deployment Patterns and Purchasing for Computing/Display Devices 2017
K-12 Deployment Patterns and Purchasing for Computing/Display Devices 2017 K-12 Deployment Patterns and Purchasing Plans for Computing/ Display Devices 2017 provides data on the installed base of display devices, including interactive whiteboards and digital projectors, and trends in the deployment ... Read More
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Global Medical Publishing 2017-2021
Global Medical Publishing 2017-2021 This report provides an overview and financial outlook for the global Medical publishing market based on specific research and analysis of the leading competitors’ performance. Simba has used the information it gathered through primary and secondary research to es ... Read More
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State of College Course Materials 2016-2017
State of College Course Materials 2016-2017 The College Course Materials Market Trends & Forecast annual reports from Simba Information provide an overview of the changing market for instructional resources in higher education in the U.S. This new edition continues that tradition in two parts. The f ... Read More
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Global Scientific & Technical Publishing 2017-2021
Global Scientific & Technical Publishing 2017-2021 This report provides an overview and financial outlook for the global scientific and technical (S&T) publishing market based on specific research and analysis of the leading competitors’ performance. Simba has used the information it gathered throug ... Read More
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Deployment of Desktops, Laptops and Chromebooks in K-12 Schools 2017
Deployment of Desktops, Laptops & Chromebooks in K-12 Schools 2017 provides data on the availability of computing devices in classrooms, with a particular focus on the shift away from desktop computers to laptops and Chromebooks, and information on what brands of laptops and Chromebooks are most ... Read More
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Publishing for the PreK-12 Market 2017
PreK-12 Market 2017-2018 Publishing for the PreK-12 Market 2017-2018 provides the most up-to-date data on how providers of instructional materials in the school market are adapting to changes in student enrollment and federal and state policies. The updated annual report from Simba Information offer ... Read More
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Lessons Learned: Selecting and Deploying K12 Science and Social Studies Content
Lessons Learned: Selecting and Deploying K-12 Science and Social Studies Content is a point-in-time-look at how instructional content in K-12 science and social studies is being evaluated and selected based on interviews with administrators in 31 school districts and six state or regional education ... Read More
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PreK-12 Enrollment & Demographics, 2017-2018
PreK-12 Enrollment & Demographics, 2017-2018 provides data on the past, present and projected future enrollment of PreK-12 students in public, private, charter and virtual schools. Information also is provided on subgroups of students, including English-language learners and students attending presc ... Read More
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Deployment of Tablets/Mobile Devices in K-12 Schools 2017
Deployment of Tablets/Mobile Devices in K-12 Schools 2017 provides data on mobile devices in education, with a particular focus on what educational tablets are most popular, and information on what funding sources are tapped to make technology purchases. The data comes from a large-scale survey of K ... Read More
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