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fjtorres · 08-29-2018, 11:30 AM

As to the question of the thread: ebooks are a boon to backlist shoppers.
No, they haven't killed the used book market but they dented it a bit, siphoning off a fair amount of readers.
On the plus side, high BPH ebook prices for both frontlist and backlist has driven many to seek out used books (where online availability via Abebooks, ebay, and Amazon helps).

What I would like to see is a breakdown of used book sales by release date. I suspect recent releases are a bigger share of the market than, say, a decade ago.

08-29-2018, 11:30 AM	#55
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	As to the question of the thread: ebooks are a boon to backlist shoppers. No, they haven't killed the used book market but they dented it a bit, siphoning off a fair amount of readers. On the plus side, high BPH ebook prices for both frontlist and backlist has driven many to seek out used books (where online availability via Abebooks, ebay, and Amazon helps). What I would like to see is a breakdown of used book sales by release date. I suspect recent releases are a bigger share of the market than, say, a decade ago.