Thread: Amazon says Kindle ebook sales have overtaken print
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Old 08-09-2012, 09:47 AM   #34
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Originally Posted by GA Russell View Post
I'm not going to take the time to look it up, but my recollection is that Amazon's US eBook sales have overtaken both hardbacks and paperbacks separately, but not combined.
That was my recollection too but I did look it up and it's not true. In the US, kindle books have indeed already passed print books on Amazon. An article from May 2011:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385592,00.asp

Thanks to PC Mag for actually linking to this article from their more recent article about the UK. Kinda like doing some reporting!

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