March 25, 2010: 2.9 million Germans to buy e-books this year
According to a survey conducted for industry association Bitkom, 2.9 million German consumers are planning to buy an e-book this year. This represents a year-on-year growth rate of 32 per cent. It is expected that e-books will first become popular in the professional field since its search functions are considered to be of great value for this target group. However, every tenth young German (between 14 to 24 years of age) is said to purchase an e-book in 2010.
