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Originally Posted by queentess
Didn't Amazon just say they were selling more ebooks than pbooks (in the U.S.)? I'm not sure how that translates to 7% of all book purchases, unless he's talking world-wide and including used books sales? |
7% by dollar value; Amazon sells more ebook units than paper, but a lot of those ebooks are .99 each.
Of course ebooks outsell hardcovers - Amazon doesn't offer several thousand hardcovers at under $5 each. Repeat for paperbacks; the margins are closer, but ebooks are still, on average, a lot cheaper.