THE LATEST E-BOOK STATS:

• In February 2011 e-books ranked as the #1 format in all categories of trade publishing,
• In January/February 2011 e-book sales represented 27% of book sales.
• 2010 e-book sales almost reached $1 billion.
• E-book sales were up in 2010 by 400-600% from 2009.
• 2010 e-book sales revenue was 7-10% of total book sales.
• 2009 e-book sales revenue was just 1%.
• 13 million e-book readers were sold in 2010. 50% of those sales were in last quarter of 2010.  
• Only about 4 million e-book readers were sold in 2009.
• The average  reader of e-books currently reads about 41% of his/her books in digital form.