It would seem that Apple, Amazon and Google’s efforts have paid off as the Association of American Publishers has published the figures for February’s book and eBooks sales, which state that for the first time in history (in the US), electronic books (eBooks) have outsold paper editions.
2010 was heralded as the coming of the eBook with Apple releasing its latest tech beast, the iPad, Amazon taking the next step with its Kindle by releasing devices worldwide and pretty much every new platform getting some form of eBook reader functionality.
It would seem that the digital change has taken effect earlier than many critics thought it would as the Association of American Publishers showed that in February $90.3m’s (£55.2m) worth of eBooks were sold in the US in comparison to $81.2m (£49.8m) in paperbacks.
The $90.3m’s worth of eBooks sold equates to a massive 202% increase on the eBook sales a year before.
In Europe and the UK it would seem that we too are on the upturn in eBooks with the new Amazon Kindle being one of the biggest selling devices of Christmas 2010 and Apple launching its follow-up iPad device, the iPad 2 with the iBooks store included.
One things for sure is that eReaders are not going away anytime soon.
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