[veddox]

> it's hard to say that it is really restricted to the wealthy.

Good point - eReaders aren't really all that expensive (I got my first one for 60€). What might be more important when considering the distribution of eReaders is the correlation wealthy <-> educated <-> reads a lot.

> for most people, the smartphone they have in their pocket already is good enough for reading ebooks

I can't imagine reading a full book on the tiny screen of a smartphone. Do people really do that? (As in, for serious reading.) And if so, how much?

[douche]

I can't imagine reading anything technical or even most non-fiction on a phone, but for plain old entertainment-grade fiction it's doable. I read most of the Aubrey-Maturin series and The Expanse series on my phone last year.