IHS iSuppli experts Observed that with the advent of low-cost generic tablets and expansion of software platforms list, allowing to read books from the screen of mobile devices, sales of specialized book readers begun to decline.
Thus, in the last year were sold 23.2 million devices for reading electronic books, and this year falling to 36% will provide no more sales 14.9 million units. The next year, according to IHS iSuppli experts, will be sold at most 10.9 million devices for reading books, and by 2016 the market declined to 7.1 million units. During the period from 2012 to 2016 the tablet market is expected to grow from 120 to 340 million.
Most likely, the manufacturers of devices for reading books will have to follow the example of Amazon, which sells its products at cost, and even at a loss, then recapture the costs from the sale of books.