If you are the owner of a dedicated
eReader, you probably are wondering what to read next.
Or if you own a tablet, smart phone,
or desktop or laptop PC, you can download an eReader app for free from a number
of sites (for Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes & Noble’s Nook, Kobo, and others), so
you can read from just about any device you may have available. And you’ll
probably be wondering what to read next.
As I mentioned, Rey recommends reading
Three Witches, a luchador adventure featuring El Tigre Azul.
A lot more folks have dedicated
eReaders these days. Kobo declares it added 4 million sales of its device the
second half of 2012.
The Telegraph reported that sales
for "e-readers surged 45 per cent in the run-up to Christmas, as data from
Neilsen BookScan indicated that sales of printed books fell by £74m. Total
physical book sales of £1.5billion were also hurt by heavy discounting."
TechEye.net reported "E-book
readers rose from 16 percent to 23 percent, while printed book readers declined
from 72 percent to 67 percent."
The Motley Fool reports . . .
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According to iSuppli, total
e-book readers shipments grew from a mere one million worldwide in 2008 to ten
million in 2010. Shipments hit a peak of 23.2 million units in 2011. But even
then, tablets had already taken the lead over e-readers with shipments of 67
million units.
In 2012, iSuppli has forecast that
sales will fall 36% to just 14.9 million units. Another drastic 27% fall is
forecast for 2014 when shipments decline to 10.9 million units. The firm sees
sales of only 7.1 million units by 2016 as the consumer trend toward a
multifunctional device – the tablet – continues.
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Even if dedicated eReader sales
drop, the call for ebooks for any number devices -- particularly tablets --
will not dwindle.
Take all those numbers together for
Kobo, Nook, and Kindle. Is it a reasonable rough estimate to say at least 6 to
8 million more people started 2013 with eReaders than compared to 2012?
So, let's say you are one of those
more than 6 million new eReader owners.
You need to read something.
My new pal, Rey, reminds you that he
recommends Three Witches.
Rey Mysterio ®
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