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Well, the transition isn't over yet. Amazon is comparing their own sales of paperbacks to their sales of Kindle books. But Amazon's share of the ebook market
by rst 16y ago
Well, the transition isn't over yet. Amazon is comparing their own sales of paperbacks to their sales of Kindle books. But Amazon's share of the ebook market is a lot larger than their share of the paperback market. The industry as a whole is still selling substantially more paperbacks than ebooks. Or at least they were, as of fourth quarter last year.
- patrickgzill 16y agoExactly, as well, the book market is the combination of hardcover + paperback, so the comparison is lacking in that feature as well.
- loire280 16y agoIn July they announced that ebook sales had outpaced hardcover sales, so while sales probably haven't exceeded paperback + hardcover sales, it's certainly on pace to do so soon.