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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives
Is that because more people are just reading on their phones?
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A slim majority have always read ebooks on non-eink (before 2005 only on LCD). Originally PDAs (Palm OS, Windows CE), then phones (Win CE and Symbian later after Kindle 1st released, iOS & Android), then tablets. There were dedicated ereaders before the 2005 eInk, even in one 1998 which was precursor of epub 2. Amazon was selling ebooks before the Kindle ereader existed and bought the leading ebook seller (Mobipocket) in 2005.
Most people either don't know eink exists or can't see the point of it. Also phone screens have got much bigger and better compared to twenty years ago.