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Originally Posted by masterz87
they've literally been using the same SOC or variants of it for literally 6+ yrs now. I was just wondering if/when they'll ever go to a dual core CPU anytime within the next decade.
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https://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-...months-of-2018
A couple of paragraphs from that article:
eBook sales generated $358 million dollars and declined by 3.8% and during the same period last year the format brought in $373 million dollars. Digital audiobook sales were $137 million dollars from January to April 2018 and this was an increase of 36%. This was roughly an increase of $37 million from the same time last year.
Declining ebook sales are not just an anomaly in 2018, but have been occurring for quite some time. Traditional publishers sold 10% fewer ebook units in 2017 compared with the previous year, according to data released by PubTrack Digital. Total sales were 162 million in 2017 rather than the 180 million units sold the year before. Nielsen’s reports put 2016 ebook unit sales from the top 30 traditional publishers down a full 16% from their 2015 numbers.
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I'm guessing no. Declining sales = less R&D. In a decade instead of reading and listening to a ebook it will probably evolve to something like a virtual reality/3D format where your are Jack Reacher that's kicking azz and taking names.