In late 2007 when Amazon's very first Kindle hit the market, it was the beginning of big things for Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc. The company is the one behind the black and white display found in Amazon's e-reader and many like it. At the time, the iPad was still over two years from being introduced, and for a while the Kindle -- and to a lesser extent, the Nook, released in 2009 -- were the masters of their domain. Fast forward to 2012, and it's a much different story for both e-reader hardware, and E Ink.
After Apple launched the iPad, things began to change. E-readers became one-tri