It was probably just a matter of time, really, but Amazon isnow selling more Kindle books than print books, no doubt bolstered by the outstanding sales of the recently released $114 ad-supported Kindle. for every 100 print books Amazon.com has sold, it has sold 105 Kindle books. This includes sales of hardcover and paperback books by Amazon where there is no Kindle edition. Free Kindle books are excluded and if included would make the number even higher.
"Will the iPad result in fewer eBooks being sold by Amazon? I sincerely doubt it.
Amazon has such a head start with its digital catalog, sales platform, and brand loyalty that I’d be surprised if Apple can overtake them. Oh sure, iPad sales will almost certainly continue to accelerate and saturate the tablet computer market (with some much-needed improvements, I hope), but the iPad is really only peripherally an eBook reader."
“40% of iPad owners have not read a book on the device, with 45% of survey respondents saying they instead read e-books on the PC or Mac."http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/aug/06/amazon-kindle-ebook-sales-overtake-print
Underlining the speed of change in the publishing industry, Amazon said that two years after introducing the Kindle, customers are now buying more ebooks than all hardcovers and paperbacks combined. Jorrit Van der Meulen, vice-president of Kindle EU, said: "Customers in the UK are now choosing Kindle books more often than print books, even as our print business continues to grow. We hit this milestone in the US less than four years after introducing Kindle, so to reach this landmark after just two years in the UK is remarkable and shows how quickly UK readers are embracing Kindle. As a result of the success of Kindle, we're selling more books than ever before on behalf of authors and publishers."
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