According to Digital Book World,
e-books currently account for just 2 % of the country's $ 2 billion market, but that amount is expected to grow as smartphones and tablets
come down in price.
While
e-book sales have been leveling off as they absorbed the replacement audience for mass market paperbacks — because
e-book prices are cheap
in mass market territory — the sector of
e-books that have been selling the best are the first - run new bestsellers — the ones with the highest
e-book prices initially (although those
prices come down over time, just like a paperback edition and the
e-book prices are lower than hardcover and trade paper usually.)