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fjtorres · 02-07-2012, 04:37 PM

The most recent numbers for the US marketplace with some credibility come from the NYT piece on B&N that quotes Amazon share at 60%-plus. With B&N itself claiming 27% and Kobo claiming 8%, that leaves maybe 5% for iBooks and the Adept crowd.
Until better numbers come out, those will have to serve.

02-07-2012, 04:37 PM	#3
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	The most recent numbers for the US marketplace with some credibility come from the NYT piece on B&N that quotes Amazon share at 60%-plus. With B&N itself claiming 27% and Kobo claiming 8%, that leaves maybe 5% for iBooks and the Adept crowd. Until better numbers come out, those will have to serve.