Rocketbook has the distinction of being the first e-reader, but around the same time other companies jumped into the fray. In Bookeen released the Cybook, and is the only e-reader from this time period who is still in business.
Michael Kozlowski Editor in Chief Michael Kozlowski has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past twelve years. Michael Kozlowski Editor in Chief. Michael Kozlowski has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past twelve years. Share Tweet Reddit 5. Vote 1. X Close. Dramatic growth followed the launch of the Amazon Kindle in October click to enlarge. Sony had the right idea, but the event that ignited the market happened a year later when Amazon launched its Kindle e-reader.
And, importantly, it put everything together in a way that worked easily for ordinary consumers. Until the Kindle came along, buying and reading ebooks required technical skill and forbearance. Source: AAP click to enlarge. While growth rates are now slowing in some markets such as the US, the ebook market continues to expand, as print shrinks, and is forecast to eclipse print sales before the decade is out.
Meanwhile, the rest of the world is catching on to ebooks. Amazon remains the pound gorilla worldwide with about two-thirds of the global ebook market by most estimates. Although ebook-reader penetration in many countries is low, publishers can now add hundreds of millions of ebook readers from the US and elsewhere to their market.
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