Quote:
Originally Posted by rcentros
Again, look at the title of the thread. The original article writer was condescending to those who prefer eInk eReaders and made bogus claims insinuating that eInk eReaders were something from the past and not a vital part of modern eBook reading. I would expect those of you who like to read on tablets would have reacted similarly to an article titled "Are Tablets for eReading Dead?" Of course both titles would be nothing but clickbait.
|
In fairness, there are plenty of "Are tablets dead?" or "Is the iPad dead?" articles despite Apple selling around 40 millions iPads a year. No idea how many Kindle Fires Amazon sells. Apart from Samsung and Apple, the only high end tablets you see nowadays are Windows 10 2-in-1s.
The thing is reading is a niche and so too, are e-ink readers. How many have watched
Game of Thrones versus those who read
A Song of Ice and Fire? Ditto for
Harry Potter,
Lord of the Rings, etc. Still a pretty large niche in any case.
Honestly, I'm actually more suprised that Amazon sold 20+ million e-ink readers in 2011 than I am by their current sales numbers. I expect there were a lot of non-readers who bought Kindles because price dropped to $80 and they were thinking they'll start reading more but after initial novelty had passed, the readers were just languishing inside drawers.