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More relevant to me is whehter book sales as a whole are increasing due to ebook sales. Are ebook purchasers only buying the same amount of books but in a different format?
My personal experience says that they are buying more books overall. I know several one book at a time kind of people who now buy several books a month instead of several a year. They read more because the reader is always with them and they buy more because it is easier and they can get exactly what they want as a rule. One guy told me that he used to buy a book and mostly it would sit in the glove department of his car and it could take him months to read it where now he reads at least two books a week and is loving it.
My boss who reads on her tablet mainly, said she bought more books last year than in her entire lifetime and has read all but one. Still wading through A Game of Thrones.
This to me is more valuable to the industry than the person(s) who download a lot of inexpensive/free stuff on a long term basis. Not saying there is anything wrong with that but eventually they get inundated and stop.
Helen
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