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Richwood · 04-05-2020, 02:38 PM

I ran across this on the Wikipedia Kobo entry. The latest info I have seen.

"As of August 2018, Amazon's Kindle e-reader had an 83.6% share of the U.S. e-reader market while Kobo had a 13.4% share. Data was not yet available as to how the Walmart deal had begun to affect market share.[40] In June 2019, the Walmart website listed four Kobo models, the Clara, Aura H2O, the conventional Aura and the 8-inch Forma model."

This leaves a whole 3% for B&N Nook and all other current Ebook readers in the USA market. Makes me wonder how much longer B&N will remain in the market. Also unless you are a bit of a Ebook reader hacker whether or not purchasing anything other than a Kindle or Kobo reader makes much sense if you are in the USA. No idea of how other brands are doing in Europe and the rest of the world. Per Amazon and ebay there are a lot of them out there.

BTW I personally own readers from Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Sony Ectaco and Aluratek.

04-05-2020, 02:38 PM	#1
Richwood Astronomy Nut Posts: 519 Karma: 3700000 Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Reno, NV Device: Kindle (All), Kobo (Multiple), Sony (most) and Nook Glowlight Plus	Kindle USA market share I ran across this on the Wikipedia Kobo entry. The latest info I have seen. "As of August 2018, Amazon's Kindle e-reader had an 83.6% share of the U.S. e-reader market while Kobo had a 13.4% share. Data was not yet available as to how the Walmart deal had begun to affect market share.[40] In June 2019, the Walmart website listed four Kobo models, the Clara, Aura H2O, the conventional Aura and the 8-inch Forma model." This leaves a whole 3% for B&N Nook and all other current Ebook readers in the USA market. Makes me wonder how much longer B&N will remain in the market. Also unless you are a bit of a Ebook reader hacker whether or not purchasing anything other than a Kindle or Kobo reader makes much sense if you are in the USA. No idea of how other brands are doing in Europe and the rest of the world. Per Amazon and ebay there are a lot of them out there. BTW I personally own readers from Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Sony Ectaco and Aluratek.