Slides on eBooks market, ebook readers, ebook reader apps that helps to understand the competition between iOS and Android in the eBooks industry. Statistical graphs on the ebook sales growth compared to the physical book sales.
2. Intro - Android and iOS
Specs
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 store
Google 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 manufacturers
Google, LG, Samsung,
HTC, Sony, ASUS, and
many more
Apple
3. 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
4. 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.
5. Market leaders and their share
Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble, Kobo,
Smashwords...
6. 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
7. Popular eBook reader apps
Apps
Android
iOS
Aldiko
Yes
No
Bluefire
Yes
Yes
FBReader
Yes
No
Google Books
Yes
Yes
iBooks
No
Yes
Lektz
Yes
Yes
Stanza
No
Yes
Kindle
Yes
Yes
8. eBook reader apps .. contd
Apps
Android
iOS
Nook
Yes
Yes
Kobo
Yes
Yes
Moon+ reader
Yes
No
Mantano
Yes
No
Sony reader
Yes
No
Wattpad
No
Yes
Ebook reader
Yes
Yes
Goodreads
Yes
Yes
9. 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
10. Future of eBooks market
The 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.
FUTUR
E
AHEAD