Driven by Amazon's popular Kindle device, e-book sales worldwide will jump from $323 million in 2008 to nearly $9 billion in 2013, according to a new In-Stat forecast. E-book shipments, meanwhile, will soar from under 1 million to almost 29 million in the next five years.
Amazon has wisely released Kindle apps for every major smartphone platform and the iPad, raising the number of prospective customers for ebooks into the tens of millions. I suspect more Kindle books are being sold for non-Kindle devices than the genuine reader from Amazon.
I have a NookColor, and I love it. I also have the Kindle app as well as the nook app on my smartphone. I can take advantage of sales and take my reading on the go, which is great if you are a traveler.
I have a Kobo which is another brand of e-reader and also have a Kobo and Kindle app on my smartphone. I like to be able to read on the go and carry something around that is light and small.