a culture war talk on the beginning now Frankfurt Book Fair now no more. The e-book is growing in popularity, even if it has not taken the quick victory by far, was prophesied. Five percent of total sales (previous year: 2.4 percent) in 2013, made with the digital books, 95 percent are so on the printed book
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No wonder, still, three quarters of all Germans can not imagine ever having to use an e-book. On the other hand, many pessimists have made peace with the e-book, it is not the downfall of the West -., And can also be advantageous for lovers of fine books on occasion, when traveling for example if you want to keep your luggage lighter
Sales of e-book readers in 2012 rose by 22 percent to 832000 units. Had expected the industry with 1.4 million units. But it was not the alleged hostility to technology, the reader, the limited height of the flight, but the advent of tablet computers on which one, albeit with much greater reflection, of course, can read books. “Pure e-readers have become established as a separate market segment, because they especially the frequent readers of advantages such as long battery life and a particularly eye-friendly screen offer,” said Achim Berg, vice president of the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (Bitkom).
Bitkom forecasts a total of approximately 8 million tablet computers will be sold in Germany in 2013. Unlike designed solely for reading e-book readers, the tablets have significantly more features. They can be used to take pictures and watch videos, listen to music and surf the Internet.
particular the lighter mini-tablets with screen sizes of 7 or 8 inches are in competition with the e-readers. About half of these units is sold at prices less than 200 EUR, which is on par with high-quality e-reader models. E-reader, however, offer in comparison to tablet computers, some peculiarities: they are, weighing around 200 grams very light and have a very high-contrast black-and-white screens that can be read in direct sunlight itself and the eyes for longer Read less fatigue than other displays.
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According to a study by market research firm Nielsen, the increasing German households with Tablets also a negative aspect: Children and young people quickly lose interest in reading when they have access to a tablet device on which they can play. Particularly frightening: In Britain, the rate of minor non-readers rose in just one year by eight percentage points to 28 percent
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International considers that the German market for e-books is still strong need of development. In Britain, 20 percent of industry sales are achieved with electronic books, in the U.S. there are even 30 percent. In Germany, however, there is – in contrast to the U.S. – fortunately still a functioning, retail book trade, in which nearly half of all sales will be handled. And as a (Christmas) gift is the printed book for many but even more attractive as a file.
The most popular devices in comparison you see when you click on the AZ range images above 
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