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eBooks growing faster than paper

Our research says eBook sales are growing 400% year over year (our sales increased 1600% in one quarter!) compared to the paper book industry which is decling 1% per year.

Publishers will flock to eBooks in the next 5 years, led by the textbook market, where the captive student audience, and the audience most likely to embrace carrying their textbooks on their computers rather than in heavy bookbags.

We carry 160,000 eBook titles that can be read on the common readers like the Sony.

Working on the iPhone thingy.

The team at www.contentrealtime.com

Email: contactus@contentrealtime.com

posted by : Char, 19 January 2009 Complain about this comment
You forgot about Foxit

You did not make a mention of Foxit's ebook reader - eSlick. This one is priced below Kindle and Sony (which is always more expensive). Which is also a reason why the ebook reader market seems to be witnessing a revival...
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posted by : aristarkhos, 29 December 2008 Complain about this comment
@Earl Kubaskie

Right on the money, friend.

posted by : emerth, 28 December 2008 Complain about this comment
Re: Finally (continued)

...like Bill Gates actually never charged anyone for stolen version of Windows. Decently, do you know anyone?

posted by : Slava, 25 December 2008 Complain about this comment
Finally

I bit of different thought. Get a great resolution monitor, 24-30 inch in size or so, or get 60-80 inch HDTV connected to your PC, and you will almost never read any paper books. I realized that 25 years or so when first digitized books appeared. Since that I sometimes buy those damn paper books mostly for kids but so much regret every time that they are not in digital format when we can take ALL OF THEM anytime anywhere we need them.
You know this? Russkies were much progressed in driving those formats because they translate and distribute almost ***everything*** valuable free of charge in Ruissian and Putin does not fines them.

posted by : Slava, 25 December 2008 Complain about this comment
Jetbook

I got one of the Ectaco Jetbooks for Chrimbo, very impressive little thing and about half the price of the Kindle, admittedly no wifi but then where I live there ain't any available anyway.

posted by : Efros, 25 December 2008 Complain about this comment
E-books

While it might seem nice, real books never need batteries, can be read just about anywhere. I see the cost prohibitive as well as cost of the books. Plus what are you gonna fill your shelves with or prop up that table that wobbles?

posted by : Jeff, 25 December 2008 Complain about this comment
more like .002 of book market

We have researched eBooks and believe sales this year are $50M. The paper based book market is $25B, so that means eBooks are .002 (.2%). Anyway, the percentage GROWTH is what you have to look at. Visitors to our site www.contentrealtime.com grew 324%!!!! over recent periods, check with those paper book publishers and see if they are getting that kind of exponential growth. We predict eBooks will overtake paper in less than 10 years.

the team at www.contentrealtime.com

posted by : Char, 25 December 2008 Complain about this comment
Show me the money.

$300-plus for the reader?

Better give me $300-plus cumulative lower price for the books in short order!

posted by : Earl Kubaskie, 25 December 2008 Complain about this comment
Rooster

The author's a Brit. Cock in this case is a fighting rooster :P

posted by : Fritz, 25 December 2008 Complain about this comment
eh?

Thrown it's what?

posted by : Stuart Halliday, 24 December 2008 Complain about this comment
Hummm...

webscriptions.net. Exploding spaceships for $15 for a full month's output from Baen publishing, multiple formats, all open. For over 9 years now. Been there, done that.

posted by : Luis, 24 December 2008 Complain about this comment

Electronic books getting their day at last

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