How many people currently use Amazon Kindle and Google's e-Books as electronic reading takes center stage?

We don't know the exact figures The latest report from the Association of American Publishers shows that February closed with eBooks sales capping out at $90.3M with paperbacks coming in at a mere $81.2M. For the first time, eBooks have become the best-selling medium in the US (a 202.3% increase in February!), and it seems that trend will continue. According to the Guardian, the record sales are likely due to the fantastic sales of eBook reading hardware during the holiday season. With so many more people having access to electronic reading devices, it’s only natural for the sale of digital content to increase accordingly.What does this mean for publishers, though? Well, it’s obvious that the general public has been adopting digital books with open arms. Even libraries have been increasing their distribution of eBooks more and more. What's really important for the publishing houses to get together and coordinate is their pricing. As many of you may have noticed, sometimes the eBook version of a book can cost more than the print version! This comes from a complication of factors, the most important of which are “increase of convenience” and “increase of sales margin.” eBooks are more convenient for readers; you don’t have to lug around all your favorite books, you can just carry your tiny Kindle or Nook. As we all know, if things are more convenient, they are usually more expensive. But we also know that it costs much less to produce and distribute an eBook as compared to a print book. So what gives?The market is still fairly new, despite eBooks being around for years, they are gaining momentum at a much greater rate, now. Publishers haven’t prepared themselves for eBook sales becoming to dominant. With so many eBook readers on the market, now, and more expected to come, publishers need to—quickly—figure out how to price them. Self–publishers are selling books for 99 cents, and some are even selling millions of copies. Are those books just not as good as a book published by one of the big houses? That's a little too subjective of a call to make. What matters, though, is that people are buying them, and people are reading them, and then buying more.What do you say? Have your eBook purchases been on the rise? Are you more likely to buy eBooks knowing the market is headed in this direction? Do you think eBooks should be priced lower than they currently are? Let us know in the comments below! Source: http://www.dclab.com/blog/2011/04/ebooks-sales-take-center-stage/