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fjtorres · 03-20-2013, 04:08 PM

Well, we already know the size of the market.
Here's a report on the latest update covering 2012, until nov, just as the Bowker report.
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20...up-44-in-2012/
It works out to about $7 billion a year, of which 24% is known to be ebooks.
It doesn't take much math-slinging to figure out the rest.

Or the underlying trend.

03-20-2013, 04:08 PM	#9
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	Well, we already know the size of the market. Here's a report on the latest update covering 2012, until nov, just as the Bowker report. http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20...up-44-in-2012/ It works out to about $7 billion a year, of which 24% is known to be ebooks. It doesn't take much math-slinging to figure out the rest. Or the underlying trend.