eBooks market - Android and iOS

by,Kavi S

Intro - Android and iOSSpecs Android iOS

Developer/Company Google Apple Inc.

OS family Linux OS X, UNIX

Released Sept 2008 July 2007

Programming lang C, C++, Java C, C++, Objective C

Source Open source Proprietary

App storeGoogle Play - 1,000,000 + apps and other app stores

Apple app store - 850,000 + apps

Latest release 'Kitkat' Android 4.4 7.0.2

Device manufacturersGoogle, LG, Samsung, HTC, Sony, ASUS, and many more

Apple

Race and game changers• Android and iOS are racing each other to

obtain lead in the smartphone and tablet market.

• Apps tend to be the game changers as the smart-mobility is extended from a medium of communication to entertainment and then to essentiality

• Apps that drives the market falls into the genre: books, entertainment, social networking, games, utility, enterprise and news

• eBooks are becoming a key focus in the smartphone and tablet competition

EBOOKS are the Game Changers

eBooks market and its growth

Since the mobility space is very well extended into the books industry, the ebooks and the apps that helps ebook reading tend to be the key weapons to win the audience choice.

Market leaders and their share

Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Smashwords...

Popular eBook reading devices and supported formats

• Amazon - Kindle device supports MOBI formats• Apple iOS - iPads and iPhones - supports EPUB, IBOOK

and PDF formats• Android - smart phones and tablets from different

manufacturers - reader apps widely support EPUB and PDF formats

• Barnes and Noble - Nook, EPUB and PDF (ADE DRM files)

• Kobo - EPUB, PDF, Mobipocket and text formats• PocketBook - EPUB, PDF, HTML, DOC and more• Sony reader - PDF and EPUB

Popular eBook reader appsApps Android iOSAldiko Yes NoBluefire Yes YesFBReader Yes No

Google Books Yes Yes

iBooks No Yes

Lektz Yes Yes

Stanza No Yes

Kindle Yes Yes

eBook reader apps .. contdApps Android iOSNook Yes YesKobo Yes YesMoon+ reader Yes No

Mantano Yes No

Sony reader Yes No

Wattpad No Yes

Ebook reader Yes Yes

Goodreads Yes Yes

eBooks on mobile devices

Thanks to these eBook reader apps, because of them now millions of eBooks are available in smartphones and tablets.

This creates a demand on publishers to go for ebooks development alongside their physical copies production

Future of eBooks marketThe growth of the ebooks market is

inevitable as there are thousands of professionals turning the industry towards ebooks.

The competition between iOS and Android lies neutral as almost all the reader app developers are approaching both the platforms to gain the consumer market share.

The future is unpredictable as to who takes the lead in the industry. It's time to wait and watch out for more updates in the eBooks market.

FUTURE

AHEAD

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Sources• Source 1 - Statista

http://www.statista.com/topics/1177/book-market/chart/1159/ebook-sales-to-surpass-printed-book-sales-in-2017/

• Source 2 - Lektz, eBook business solution www.lektz.com

• Source 3 - Bite The Book - http://bitethebook.com/2012/03/30/show-me-the-data-where-are-the-ebook-stats/