Digital Readers for the Avid Reader

By Kimberly Hamilton, International Book Management Corporation

Nooks, Readers and Kindles are everywhere! Technology is out-of-this-world to the point where traditional books may have serious competition!

Amazon reported that this past Christmas, e-books outsold real books on the site. This isn’t a surprise considering Kindle was announced as “the most gifted item ever.” Digital Reader consumers of course wanted to stock their readers with their favorite books immediately; since then e-book sales have only continued to increase. While Kindle took over half of the market share, Sony’s E-Reader came in second and Barnes & Noble’s Nook sold out before December.

Although this appears to be a digital revolution, most avid readers would be expected to not only buy their favorite e-books to fill their hard drives but also to buy the real book to fill their shelves.