e-book

Poor bookstores. As fewer people read books, those who do are getting lured by e-book readers that bypass bookstores for the majority of book purchases. Amazon's Kindle, now upgraded to Kindle 2, gets the biggest blame because it has the biggest market share. It also has a hefty hardware profit margin according to PCWorld's article “Amazon's $359 Kindle 2 Costs $185.49 to Build.”And you thought margins on technology hardware products were non-existent