More News About E-Books (And an E-Book Sale!)

I never know how much store to put in predictions. However, FWIW, Forrester Research has made a list of 10 predictions for the e-reader/e-book market in 2010. As you can see, they're expecting great changes over the next year alone.

Although Amazon says its Kindle sales hit a record high in November, the question one pundit has raised is whether e-book readers are already obsolete. Technology is changing so fast, I think it's almost impossible to predict exactly what will happen (though Forrester has tried). Even if iPhone apps and other small e-reader devices become more popular, aren't there going to be people like me, who'd prefer to read from a larger screen? (My eyes just ain't so young, anymore. :))

I think a lot of the change will be in compatibility--as in coming up with a format that can be read from a variety of devices. Either that or settling on the best device of the bunch--much like VHS versus beta.

Oh, and while we're talking about e-books, I'd like to mention that I'm holding a holiday sale on my hardboiled mystery, IDENTITY CRISIS, as formatted for Kindle. You can buy it on Amazon for the low, low price of .99 per download during the month of December. So act now, because the price goes up next year.