2011 was the year of the e-reader. However, according to an article in The Register, Amazon moved fewer e-ink readers in the first quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter.
"The report put global shipments of ereaders in the first quarter of 2012 at only two million units, down from nine million the previous quarter. Even though Q4 2011 included the all-important Christmas sales period, it still represents a significant drop in sales."
Until the arrival of good color e-ink screens, it seems that more and more users are moving to cheap color multi-purpose tablets like the Kindle Fire and the Nook tablet. So the question is, has the monochrome e-ink reader reached, or even gone past its peak of popularity?
The full article is here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03...er_slump_2012/