The rise of the tablet brings on first doomsday signs for e-readers

We are talking about e-readers like Kindles with e-ink displays, of course. While the e-ink technology allows you to read for hours on end with less strain on the eyes, those screens refresh slowly, and even the latest variations don’t support the full color spectrum with bright and vivid colors you can get from LCD or AMOLED panels.
While desktops sales are plateauing, notebooks are growing modestly, most growth is driven by smartphones and tablets. Ereaders are the category that users are quickly abandoning. While in 2010 and 2011 sales were growing, now we have a huge 36% drop to 14.9 million units in Q3. This is down from 2011’s 23.2 million.
source: eMarketer

