5. 14% of U.S. online consumers intend to buy some type of tablet computer in the next 12 months; 11% a dedicated e-Reader Forrester Research Survey 5.9 million US adults own an e-Reader vs. 2.1 million surveyed a year earlier Gfk MRI
6. 8.5 million iPads expected in 2010 (88% share) 20 million expected in 2011 30 million expected in 2012 (74% share) eMarketer 18,000 Nook Color devices produced each and everyday Len Riggio
7. Que Reader Pro Cancelled by PlasticLogic SF Gate Copia Book Retail Social Network Goes Live; Devices Cancelled Publishers Weekly
10. Apple’s iOS mobile operating system is now the third-most popular platform on the Internet Computer World “We think we are ahead of everybody.” Steve Jobs In just 2 years, Google’s Android smart phone platform went from zero to 300,000 handsets sold per day Information Week
16. Kindle e-books (now) selling more than hardcovers; 9-12 months (from now) until more than paperback Sam Feldman, Forbes.com Amazon customers buy 3.3 times as many books after buying a Kindle Wall Street Journal
18. Doubleday says e-book sales were about one third of week one hardcover sales…or around 70,000
19. Through October 2010, e-book sales are up 171% to $345 million AAP “Within the fiscal year, worldwide digital sales will exceed $100 million” Random House P&T E-book sales increased in Q2 to $6 million (5% of total sales) Wiley
25. Tomorrow’s story “…predicting growth in e-book sales to 25% of all new "straight-text, narrative books" in 2-1/2 years.” Mike Shatzkin, CEO of the Idea Logical Company Social media continues to attract a range of readers—69% of book buyers engage in some kind of social networking—and book buying influences come increasingly online. “I have seen more change in the last year in publishing than I did in the previous 29.” Bruce Shaw, Harvard Common Press
26. How does the story end? Hardware Apps Cloud Content Sales International