eBook News

Amazon likely to sell 8 million Kindles in 2010

That’s at least 60 percent more than the 5 million units analysts had predicted Amazon would sell in 2010.
Those anonymous sources indicate that the projections show Amazon is “adding share in the e-reader market,” where it’s going up against Barnes & Noble and Sony, “faster than predicted” by analysts at Citigroup and at least five other securities or research firms.

E-Book Boom Changes Book Selling And Publishing (Talk of the Nation)

The popularity of e-books and e-readers has soared since the release of the Amazon Kindle three years ago. Now the digital devices continue to drive readers to electronic books. It’s changing how books are read, sold and published.