eBookReaderGuide.com notes that the survey provides a rare snapshot of Amazon Kindle's share of
the dedicated ebook reader market.
The latest numbers come from iSuppli, which says
the dedicated ebook reader market saw spectacular growth in the last few years, but is now on «an alarmingly precipitous decline.»
Not exact matches
While most of us would like to believe
ebook readers are dead and multi-purpose devices like tablets and phablets are the way to go, the truth is there is still a
market, albeit a tiny one, for
dedicated ebook readers.
In 2011,
dedicated ebook readers saw shipments of 23.2 million units, a number that now appears to have been the peak of the
ebook reader market.
Meanwhile, for those who love to watch the
ebook reader market and compare the popularity of various devices, it will be fascinating to watch the rising and falling offer prices for over 140 devices (including
dedicated ebook readers, tablets, and smart phones) that Amazon has tagged with a «kindle» keyword in its trade - in department.
At its heart, it is the best
dedicated ebook reader on the
market.
Amazon is by far the largest source for
dedicated ebook readers and yet they continue to offer a Kindle with a screen that's inferior to every other ereader on the
market.
There's no denying that Amazon is the competitor to watch when it comes to
ebooks; the Kindle was the first popular
dedicated ebook reader and it still dominates that segment of the
market.
I see a couple of major issues for the
dedicated (non-tablet)
ebook reader market going forward.
At $ 99, the Nook Touch is one of the best values for a
dedicated ebook reader on the current
market, given the WiFi, microSD card slot, speedy processor, support for EPUB, the Pearl display, and functional touchscreen.
I think or would have preferred that she
dedicated her show detailing the new advances in reading and focused on
ebooks and it's advantages to
readers and available devices on the
market.
Measuring 4 - inches across and just under 5 and a quarter inches tall, the Kobo Mini is the smallest
dedicated ebook reader on the
market, and is the smallest ereader that I have ever reviewed.
Snow, who has researched the transition to digital text and published a paper on the «evolution of content» feels that the future of
ebooks does not lie in new hardware like the soon - to - appear Apple iPad, the Amazon Kindle, or any of the myriad of other tablet PCs or
dedicated book
readers appearing on the
market.