Ebooks in the United Kingdom? Will Outsell Hardcopies soon!

The United States won a revolutionary war against Great Britain a couple of hundred years ago, but we still retain some consumer similarities.

Across the Pond, it’s projected now that ebooks will outsell all forms of paper books by 2018.Now this doesn’t count educational or professional books either.

Tablets are seen to become the reading vehicle of choice. Decreased demand for regular printed hardbacks and paperbacks will cut printings by a third.

Ebooks are being hailed in the UK for sparking a “golden age of reading,” said Nigel Newton. He’s chief executive of Bloomsbury, publisher of the Harry Potter series. Newton calls ebooks “a force for good for authors and publishers.”

Being able to sell books any time of the day or night, and all over the world, has made the shift.

“We live in [a] golden age of reading, where more recent works are consumed than at any time in history through digital delivery,” said Newton