We have been running a series of articles on Information Communication Technology (ICT) and its threat to the paper industry on our community site at RISI.com. ICT comes in many shapes and sizes, but the latest development, the e-readers in the shape of the Amazon Kindle and the more recently launched Apple iPad, are the ones that perhaps pose greatest threat to graphic, newsprint and book papers. It is now possible to download almost everything that is in print on to these devices. And don't think for one minute that this is a future problem; Amazon has just announced that sales of the Kindle have increased three fold and that for the first time e-books have outsold hardcover books, which, says CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos ". is astonishing when you consider that we've been selling hardcover books for 15 years and the Kindle for 33 months."
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