Thread: The Death of E-Readers Is All Your Fault
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Old 01-06-2013, 02:19 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by Andrew H. View Post
But they don't; not even close. E-books have 22% of the market in the US.

It's only on Amazon that they are actually outselling paper books.
But that is the total book market. It includes textbooks, coffee table books, etc.
Narrative text reading, the penetration is much higher: Romance is well over 50%. SF and Fantasy not far behind. LitFic much lower.

How important ebooks are is a function of the genre.
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