Techcrunch had a short post today about the really cool image Newsweek created to illustrate the state of the books world today. I agree with Techcrunch. I think that in the next few years we will see an amazing rise in sales of e-books.

I’m a big time reader of books. Been like this all my life. I probably have a few hundred books I’ve bought during my life. When the kindle came out I was very doubtful that I will like reading books like this. Ask anyone who like books and he will tell you that there is something about the experience of holding a book that can’t be replicated.

Two years after and I can say that in the last year I bought about 40 e-books. I haven’t read even one “real” book for almost a year. If the book doesn’t exist in electronic version, I probably not going to read it. Simply put it – I got addicted to e-reading.

With the kindle (version 2) it was all about comfort. The ability to carry all my books with me everywhere I go. To be able to seamlessly continue reading on my iPhone and go back to the Kindle. It was just a great and easy experience. The fact that e-books are even cheaper was just a bonus.
But with the iPad a new dimension arrived. The kindle just feels good in your hands. Something about the beauty of the screen and the feel itself just makes it an almost emotional experience. Now, when I’m holding a real book, I actually miss reading it on the iPad and not the other way around.