Thread: From ePUBSecrets: The state of ePub standards support
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Old 09-10-2012, 01:38 PM   #41
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Originally Posted by murraypaul View Post
What does that make stating as a fact that ePub retailers outsell Amazon?
Really really wishful thinking?
Lotus eating?

The numbers I've seen (for device sales) have Amazon with a *larger* share of ebook readers worldwide than in the US. Which makes sense because in the US they have to deal with Nook and most of their worldwide competition is smaller, hardware-only players so their typical price advantage in most markets is bigger than in North America.

ebook share would be lower worldwide than in the US because of georestrictions but not lower enough to impact the format ratio much because *so far* the "Anglosphere" is the lion's share of the global ebook market; most other regions have yet to mainstream ebook adoption and it remains the domain of hobbyists. As of 2011, the US+UK added up to something like 80% of the world ebook market. Might be higher now as no other market as mainstreamed while the UK has exploded.
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