Amazon announced a bellwether moment for electronic books today – Kindle e-books now completely outsell hardcover and paperback copies combined.
We are not going to sit here and say anything foolish like “the paper book is dead.” It most certainly is not. Since April 1, 2011, for every 100 paper books that have been sold on Amazon.com, there have been 105 Kindle books sold, Amazon says. It is not like the e-book has killed the paper book and it probably never will. But, e-books are growing and Amazon’s simple formula is driving the pace. Device ubiquity plus low prices and popular content equals: one killer platform steamrolling the competition.
Full article at NYT.com
I’d like to know if a sale is $$
when I get a free app download, I get an email from Amazon confirming my “purchase” even though it was for no dollars.
I’ve “bought” about 25 free apps from Amazon and paid no money, so if free Kindle books count as sales, it’s easy to see how those sales surpass print sales. I don’t know if this this true; I don’t think anyone can know.
Apparently these stats don’t
Apparently these stats don’t include free books. I read that in another article.
Yawn
I wish the digital evangelists trying to convince us their vision of the future is the only true one would shut the hell up and let me finish my delightful old-fashioned page-turny books. It’s too loud in here. SHHHHH!
Be a good librarian and put your head in the sand
Shhhh. Be very quiet. Put your head in the sand. Ignore reality. Everything is going to be OK. The entire profession of librarianship is based on ignoring reality. Shhhhh. Don’t bother your pretty little head with facts.