Here’s a story at BBC.COM about Sony’s adoption of the EPUB format. I’m mentioning it again because the move is revolutionary for eBooks and begins opening up the market to the practical and flexible features of the Internet and digital technology.
And because of this quote:
“Partial figures gathered by the International Digital Publishing Forum suggest ebook sales are doing well. Wholesale ebook sales in the US jumped from $25.8m (£15.6m) to $37.6m (£22.7m) during the second quarter of 2009. By contrast, sales at the end of the second quarter of 2008 stood at $11.6m (£7m).”
You can see why the competition is getting fierce. As soon as a universal, affordable and practical eBook Reader is established, there is a very lucrative market waiting to be served, yah?
p.s. Wholesale eBook sales? Is that the same as an author selling directly to his/her readers?
