Amazon has 76% of ebook market, helped by iPad - Page 2

Teddman · 10-12-2010, 08:07 PM

iBooks will never catch up to the Kindle Store in overall book sales. It was over the minute the Kindle app was available for iPad at launch.

JSWolf · 10-12-2010, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by daffy4u

When was the last poll? Also, as I stated above, there are more places for Kindle owners to go (of which Mr is NOT the most popular), but for Sony owners MR is the main place to hang.

It's been a while.

But really, since Amazon does not release numbers for readers sold, we have no idea what they are and thus, any article like that with hard numbers is most likely incorrect. If Amazon really has 76% of the eBook market, then that makes 24% to be split by Sony, nook, Kobo, Pocketbook, Jetbook, Astak, etc. I find this hard to believe that with all the other readers that they would amount to just 24%.

daffy4u · 10-12-2010, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

It's been a while.

But really, since Amazon does not release numbers for readers sold, we have no idea what they are and thus, any article like that with hard numbers is most likely incorrect. If Amazon really has 76% of the eBook market, then that makes 24% to be split by Sony, nook, Kobo, Pocketbook, Jetbook, Astak, etc. I find this hard to believe that with all the other readers that they would amount to just 24%.

It's "eBook" market not "eBook Reader" market.

rhadin · 10-13-2010, 08:01 AM

Was the market defined? I haven't read the article because I find such articles virtually meaningless in the absence of hard numbers, but one other factor that is rarely disclosed in these articles is the scope of the market. For example -- and I'm claiming or stating this is true or the case -- Amazon could have 76% of the ebook market in the United States, but only 8% of the market worldwide. Similarly, Sony could have 76% of the worldwide market but only 8% of the U.S. market.

Or the market could be defined as Kindle-readable ebooks or ePub books without DRM or public domain ebooks downloaded from Gutenberg or anything else.

Throwing around undefined statistics is like having a Washington, DC politician -- neither is particularly trustworthy or informative.

Kali Yuga · 10-13-2010, 08:51 AM

I presume they're only discussing the US market.

I wouldn't be surprised at all by Amazon having around 75% of the market, and in 10 or so years will still have 50% -- assuming they can continue to execute at a decent level (likely but never guaranteed). Sony has sputtered in the US, B&N and Borders are heading the way of Blockbuster. And Astak? Really?

Fortunately the ebook and ebook reader markets will almost certainly end up large enough to support competition and a variety of vendors, and like it or not the publishers are still able to play one off of the other. Nor does having substantial market share guarantee that the big vendor will get their way at all times. These aspects will likely blunt the force of a single dominant competitor.

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10-12-2010, 08:07 PM	#16
Teddman Addict Posts: 242 Karma: 695 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	iBooks will never catch up to the Kindle Store in overall book sales. It was over the minute the Kindle app was available for iPad at launch.

10-13-2010, 08:01 AM	#19
rhadin Literacy = Understanding Posts: 4,833 Karma: 59674358 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The World of Books Device: Nook, Nook Tablet	Was the market defined? I haven't read the article because I find such articles virtually meaningless in the absence of hard numbers, but one other factor that is rarely disclosed in these articles is the scope of the market. For example -- and I'm claiming or stating this is true or the case -- Amazon could have 76% of the ebook market in the United States, but only 8% of the market worldwide. Similarly, Sony could have 76% of the worldwide market but only 8% of the U.S. market. Or the market could be defined as Kindle-readable ebooks or ePub books without DRM or public domain ebooks downloaded from Gutenberg or anything else. Throwing around undefined statistics is like having a Washington, DC politician -- neither is particularly trustworthy or informative.

10-13-2010, 08:51 AM	#20
Kali Yuga Professional Contrarian Posts: 2,045 Karma: 3289631 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 4 No Touchie	I presume they're only discussing the US market. I wouldn't be surprised at all by Amazon having around 75% of the market, and in 10 or so years will still have 50% -- assuming they can continue to execute at a decent level (likely but never guaranteed). Sony has sputtered in the US, B&N and Borders are heading the way of Blockbuster. And Astak? Really? Fortunately the ebook and ebook reader markets will almost certainly end up large enough to support competition and a variety of vendors, and like it or not the publishers are still able to play one off of the other. Nor does having substantial market share guarantee that the big vendor will get their way at all times. These aspects will likely blunt the force of a single dominant competitor.

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