Is publishing about to have an iPod moment?

Think back a decade to the year 2000 – and the state of the music industry then. The first MP3 players were already on sale, but were only in the hands of early-adopting gadget fans. The music industry was selling its products exclusively through shops or mail-order, and while Napster was making waves, the file-sharing revolution which was to transform the industry – for better or worse according to your tastes – was no more than a distant rumble. Then the following year iTunes was launched, soon to be followed by the iPod – and Apple was well on its way to becoming the biggest noise in digital music.

A decade on, and 2010 is supposed to be the year that publishing’s digital revolution really gathers pace. There is now a wide range of e-readers on the market – in the UK devices like the Sony Reader, the Cool-er, and Amazon’s Kindle are all making it relatively easy to download and read e-books.

More at the BBC.

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