According to an article by Peter Nowak from CBC News, "The Battle of the e-Readers", Amazon, Kobo and Sony are locked in a vicious fight for market share, with each offering different e-ink devices.
"Books have been the last medium to get with the digital revolution, but that's changing quickly.
E-books made up about nine per cent of total book sales in the United States for 2010, as of the end of August, according to the latest figures from the Association of American Publishers. A year earlier, they comprised only three per cent, which means they're now in major growth mode.
The big driver of this explosion is the availability of devices on which e-books are read. Online seller Amazon got the ball rolling in 2007 when it launched the Kindle, a book-sized electronic device that featured an "e-ink" display - a high-contrast, low-power screen that simulates the look of a printed page.
The Kindle seems to be a hit, with Amazon consistently touting it as its best-selling product, although the company has yet to disclose how many units it has actually sold," states Peter Nowak.
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