Specialized devices for reading electronic books have not been superseded by tablets, since the first offer comfort for long-term work with the text of e-ink technology and long battery life .
However, statistics published by the site Fudzilla says that paper books is successfully resisting the expansion of electronic. In any case, the US market growing appetite publishers have meant that the increase in the cost of electronic copies led many readers to opt for paper books. In the first five months this year, the fall in revenue from the sale of e-books was 10%, while revenue from the sale of paper copies slipped just by 2.3%. Moreover, the largest US bookstore chain Barnes & Noble, which, after experiments with the release of its own device for reading electronic books entrusted the mission to Samsung company , this year also reported an increase in sales of paper books.
Devices for reading electronic books in the last year has sold only 12 mln. Pieces, whereas in 2011 it was sold 20 million. In the structure of publishers revenue e-book form this year only 24.9%, whereas a year ago the figure was 26.5%.