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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

History and latest trends of e-book market

The origins of e-books can be traced to early 1970’s.  However, it became popular only 1990s and advent of the Internet, which made transferring of electronic files and e-books much easier.  In early days, most of such e-books were technical manuals with limited popularity.  

  • According to an estimation done in August 2009, there are over 2 million e-books which readers can download free of cost.  The count keeps on increasing everyday.
  • Nowadays, almost all the classics are available as e-books for low or no cost.
  • Nowadays, some of the e-books sold by publishers like Amazon are out numbering their paperback counterparts.
  • Nowadays, it is not mandatory to have either a computer or CD-player to read an e-book.  As several e-book readers are available in market, you can carry them anywhere. 

Written by: S. Chandrashekara Reddy
Ph.No: 91-9849856722



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