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Originally Posted by stonetools
Thanks for the correction. I am new to all this stuff. Even accounting for the correction, I think iOS really is moving toward market dominance of the ebook market.
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It depends on how you look at it. If it is on the the basis of how many people who have ever read ebooks do it on iOS devices, then you may be right, due to the number of people who try an ebook on their iphones and the like. There is even some arguement as for people who are interested in purchasing a device on which they can read ebooks on, since many people would be interested in a multipurpose device. However, I find that you'd be dead wrong if you are trying to compare the actual places where ebooks are bought, since Apple's own iBooks is lagging way behind in the market place compared to the Kindle, Kobobooks, B&N, etc. When it comes to ebook sales on their own devices, Apple is losing. That may be why they took their recent action to force all sales on iOS devices to be done via the In App purchasing API, of which Apple would get 30%. It may very well force their competition off of their devices.