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Old 05-04-2013, 09:17 PM   #19
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Kindle sales might be slowing because the market is saturated, but ebook sales for Amazon are growing extremely fast:

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After 5 years, eBooks is a multi-billion dollar category for us (Amazon) and growing fast – up approximately 70% last year.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...t-crawled.html

Kobo has improved as well:

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Kobo Reports 400% Growth in eBook Sales, 160% Growth in eReader
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20...th-in-ereader/

It looks like Amazon is screwing over people in at least Canada by making them use Amazon.ca to buy books:

http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20...-kindle-store/

These two charts aren't from the best source, but seem to be inline with what other sources say. It's hard to find actual dollar numbers for ebook sales.





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