Thread: Kindle e-Book piracy accelerates - from CNET
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Old 02-21-2011, 04:53 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga View Post
He isn't saying that "50% of the market will disappear." He's saying that many people believe that 50% of the book market will consist of ebook sales in 5 years.
Just out of interest, are there any figures that show what percentage of the current book market is second hand books? I would guess that is more than 50%. Without any second hand market for ebooks, even if they only ever reach 50% that would still be an improvement.
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