Kindle Nook Sony ! iPad ! OR! End of paper era will coming soon !!

E-readers mean the end of paper books? Only time will tell. Amazon and Barnes & Noble seem to have positioned themselves to benefit either way- when a company is selling paper books, e-readers and content for e-readers; there is a sale opportunity for everyone, no matter which format they prefer. Apple, on the other hand, is reliant on device and device content sales with the iPad. The push seems to be on for e-readers with all these marketing giants involved. It is easy to forget all the other e-reader manufacturers out there with the hype surrounding the iPad, Kindle 2 and Nook. Sony has had some success with their PRS series e-readers: with a reported 300,000+ units sold, they can't be discounted. And there are many other manufacturers too - some familiar like Samsung, some unfamiliar (at least to me) like Iriver There are a few factors that may hinder the growth of e-readers: technophobia and competing formats being the major issues.

Kindle Nook Sony ! iPad ! OR! End of paper era will coming soon !!