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This trend, along with the decline of the netbook market, helps to explain why Windows sales were soft in Microsoft’s most recent quarter
There was no must-have toy of Christmas 2011 — for youngsters, anyway.
For adults, tablet computers and e-readers were the gifts of choice, judging by a new report that indicates the number of adults in the United States who own tablets and e-readers nearly doubled from mid-December to early January.
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The increased ownership of tablets was especially pronounced among highly educated people with household incomes of more than $75,000. Almost one-third of people with college degrees now own tablet computers, the report… Continue reading: Tablet and E-Reader Sales Soar – NYTimes.com
Excerpt from an e-reader market snapshot
In 2011, manufacturers shipped about 30 million e-book readers over all, up 108 percent from 2010, Ms. Jakhanwal said. She estimates that this will grow to 38 million devices in 2012 and 43 million by 2014.
Then in 2015, the reader market will shrink to 38 million, presumably because consumers will be attracted to tablets.
Sales of touch-screen tablets have continued to be strong. Apple’s iPad shipped upward of 40 million units in 2011 alone, according to estimates by Forrester, a research firm.
Nook From Barnes & Noble Gains More E-Book Readers – NYTimes.com
Check the article link below for more book publishing market dynamics
The effect can clearly be seen in the latest sales figures released by the Association of American Publishers (via GalleyCat). In the first half of 2011, e-book revenues rose 160 per cent to $390m while adult hardback revenues fell 23 per cent to $386m.
As my colleague Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson wrote in April, e-book sales briefly overtook those of adult paperbacks in February but it was an unusual month. Adult paperback sales outstripped e-books in the first half as a whole, falling 18 per cent to $473m.
The decline and fall of the hardback book | Business blog… Continue reading: The decline and fall of the hardback book | Business blog | Business, finance, media and technology views from the Financial Times – FT.com
Excerpt from an e-reader/tablet reality check
According to a study conducted by the Pew Internet Project, the number of adults in the U.S. with a Kindle, Nook or other e-reader doubled between last November and this May, to 12 percent from 6 percent. Tablet ownership has grown three percentage points in the same timeframe, from 5 percent in November to 8 percent as of May.
E-Reader Growth Outpacing Tablets in Recent Months – Ina Fried – Mobile -… Continue reading: E-Reader Growth Outpacing Tablets in Recent Months – Ina Fried – Mobile – AllThingsD
A big milestone for the Nook (via All Things D)
The Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch Reader is more than merely a worthy competitor to the Kindle, as I wrote when I saw the e-book reader demonstrated late last month. Now that we’ve tested the device in our labs, it actually scores a few points above the Kindle in our tests. [To clarify: The Nook scores 1 point above the Kindle below it in the 6-to-7-inch category. But it ranges from 4 to 5 points higher than other Kindles.]
That marks the first time since the Kindle launched that Amazon’s e-book reader hasn’t been the top-scoring model in our… Continue reading: In a first, a Nook beats the Kindle in our e-book reader Ratings [Consumer Reports]
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