I am trying to find the 2000-2003 sales of educational CD-ROMs for the
home (not school) market.

I have found reliable school market data at www.ed-market.com and an
old home market report at a site for Canadian museum CD's, but the
information is out of date.

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Request for Question Clarification by livioflores-ga on 29 Mar 2003 17:38 PST

For wich area, country or state do you need this info?

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Clarification of Question by kbarsotti-ga on 29 Mar 2003 19:27 PST

United States, nationally. A state breakdown would be nice, but just
national sales would suffice.

<Figures for retail educational software excluding schools purchases
are as follows:

2003 sales.
Educational software sales fell 20% for the first three months of this
year according to PC Data.
http://www.forbes.com/global/2000/0612/0312038a_2.html

2002 sales.
According to a Mintel Report retail sales of children’s software were
an estimated $233 million in 2002 and accounted for 50 percent of
market share. The combined market for children’s software, adult
learning and educational software was an estimated $465 million in
2002. By 2007 it is predicted that retail sales of educational
software will exceed $540.6 million.
http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:FupgoV2NwigC:consumer.mintel.com/sinatra/ci/press_release/5%26456/doc/82939061%26repcode%3D%26anchor%3Da2+%22educational+software+market%22+million+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

2001 sales.
Sales of children’s educational software were $325 million.
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-kids16dec16001439,0,769015.story?coll=la-headlines-technology

2000 sales.
The educational software market was $454.6 million.
http://www.technos.net/tq_10/3molenda.htm>


<Additional links:>

<Comparison of 2002 figures with 2001>
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/tech/weekly/1715331>

<Electronic Education Report>
<http://www.mindbranch.com/page/catalog/product/2e6a73703f636f64653d4e34362d313030.html>

<Search strategy:>

<"educational software market" million>
<://www.google.com/search?q=%22educational+software+market%22+million+&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&as_qdr=all&start=0&sa=N>

<"educational software" million 2001>
<://www.google.com/search?q=%22educational+software%22+million+2001&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&as_qdr=all&start=10&sa=N>


<Hope this helps.>

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