Thread: Kindle books have now overtaken paperback books in Amazon
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Old 01-29-2011, 01:39 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by Barty View Post
I think this must be good news for the book industry. I don't know the numbers to back it up, but I think people with EBR buy more books than they otherwise would, if for no other reason than to justify their purchase of the EBR . Seriously, the convenience factor and instant gratification spur a lot of buying, I imagine.
From Amazon VP at Digital Book World
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Kindle owners buy 3.3x as many books in the year after purchasing a Kindle than in the year prior
This is only Amazon sales, so the typical owner might have bought paper books from other sources and now buys ebooks almost exclusively from Amazon. Even so, it is suggestive of more book/ebook sales than before for new Kindle owners.
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