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Just to clarify for any others who misread the title, this is comparing paperbacks to Kindle edition, not all paper books. The numbers imply Kindle sales are ab

by asr 16y ago

Just to clarify for any others who misread the title, this is comparing paperbacks to Kindle edition, not all paper books. The numbers imply Kindle sales are about 85% of hardcovers and paperbacks combined. Also, since Amazon sells 100% of the Kindle books its readers buy, but only some of the physical books its readers buy, I think this most interesting part of this release is what it says about how great a business move the Kindle was for Amazon. Every time a customer switches to the Kindle they instantly gain a lot of sales that used to happen at various physical bookstores. And that's before even considering that people who walk around with a bookstore 1 foot from them will buy more books, too.

jeremydavid 16y ago
I think you may be mistaken Amazon.com is now selling more Kindle books than paperback books. Since the beginning of the year, for every 100 paperback books Amazon has sold, the Company has sold 115 Kindle books. Additionally, during this same time period the Company has sold three times as many Kindle books as hardcover books. This is across Amazon.com’s entire U.S. book business and includes sales of books where there is no Kindle edition. Free Kindle books are excluded and if included would make the numbers even higher.
- erikpukinskis 16y ago
  100 paperbacks ~= 115 kindle books ~= 40 hardcover books (33% of 115) 140 paper books ~= 115 kindle books => ~82% as many kindle books as paper books
  - jeremydavid 16y ago
    Oops. Thank's for the explanation :) Perhaps Amazon's words are intentionally ambiguous. EDIT: Actually, I just read TechCrunch's article Has the pixel to print tipping point been reached? Last July we reported that Amazon’s Kindle eReader books had surpassed hardcover books in terms of sales, selling 143 Kindle books for every 100 hardcover books. Now that lead also holds for paperbacks and by default all books, with 115 Kindle books being sold for every hundred paperbacks. http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/27/kindle-books-overtake-paperback-books-to-become-amazons-most-popular-format/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/27/kindle-books-overtake-paper...

by asr 16y ago

jeremydavid 16y ago

I think you may be mistaken Amazon.com is now selling more Kindle books than paperback books. Since the beginning of the year, for every 100 paperback books Amazon has sold, the Company has sold 115 Kindle books. Additionally, during this same time period the Company has sold three times as many Kindle books as hardcover books. This is across Amazon.com’s entire U.S. book business and includes sales of books where there is no Kindle edition. Free Kindle books are excluded and if included would make the numbers even higher.

erikpukinskis 16y ago
100 paperbacks ~= 115 kindle books ~= 40 hardcover books (33% of 115) 140 paper books ~= 115 kindle books => ~82% as many kindle books as paper books
- jeremydavid 16y ago
  Oops. Thank's for the explanation :) Perhaps Amazon's words are intentionally ambiguous. EDIT: Actually, I just read TechCrunch's article Has the pixel to print tipping point been reached? Last July we reported that Amazon’s Kindle eReader books had surpassed hardcover books in terms of sales, selling 143 Kindle books for every 100 hardcover books. Now that lead also holds for paperbacks and by default all books, with 115 Kindle books being sold for every hundred paperbacks. http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/27/kindle-books-overtake-paperback-books-to-become-amazons-most-popular-format/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/27/kindle-books-overtake-paper...