Amazon's dominance of the fledgling e-book market will be relatively short-lived. For while sales of digital books are growing, so too are the devices on which to read them. With Apple's iPad heading to market this spring and a rumored Google tablet some time after that, Amazon is going to have a tough time holding on to the 90 percent share of the e-book market it currently claims.
According to Credit Suisse analyst Spencer Wang, the retailer will likely see its e-book market share slip from 90 percent to 72 percent this year and to 35 percent by 2015 Cnet.
We are by nature a forward thinking people. From wherever our perspective starts, it is our belief that while there may be a few steps backwards, for the majority of the time we expect to keep moving forward. After all, our greatest role model is age. No one has been able to reverse the aging process although a few, with enough money - have made it appear that you can stop and hold the whole process.
Look at our 401K. Before the fall of 2008, who really thought that any one of us could lose that much money so fast? Imagine if your income had the future that Amazon is facing. It is a new way of looking at our future. The times, they are a changing. Constant change is the new normal. In some cases, I think it has been for a long time - we just weren't able to see that.
Still with all that in mind, you have to have a Plan. DH and I talked about his retirement last night again and are looking at Jan 1, 2012. Retirement used to look very far away - not so much now. We have a lot to get done before that date but we are headed that way, cautiously optimistic that it will be doable but well understanding that those plans could change in a heartbeat. Forward thinking with a eye on the Big Picture - it is the only way to live that makes sense right now...
