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Originally Posted by Mike L
For a little experiment (not at all scientific), I listed the ten last printed books I read (before I decided to buy an electronic reader), and then checked their Kindle availability.
For what it's worth, here are my results:
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This interested me, and as I am bored I experimented as well. I looked at my favorite bookshelf and picked 10 random titles. Here's what I got:
Available in Print/Kindle
Magical Thinking: True Stories – Augusten Burroughs (2004)
Fragile Things – Neil Gaiman (2006)
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925)
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks (2006)
Wish You Well – David Baldacci (2000)
Print Only
Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov (1955)
The Liar’s Club – Mary Karr (1995)
Alas, Babylon – Pat Frank (1959)
The Last Unicorn – Peter S. Beagle (1968)
999: Twenty-nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense – edited by Al Sarrantonio (1999)
50/50 isn't too bad. And the books that are only available in p-book format are older titles.
Gatsby was the only older one available for the Kindle.
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Originally Posted by sirbruce
3. Yes, Amazon has 26 million (more now) print books listed. But remember, millions (maybe even more than 50%) of those books are simply placeholders for books that are not currently in print; they allow you to buy and sell used copies. There's no easy way to tell exactly how many books are currently in print via Amazon. The nice thing about ebooks is that they are always in print.  |
I was thinking about
The Stand ond
LOTR being unavailable for a while because of formatting issues. (So I heard.) Which means we aren't guaranteed access to books that have been issued in e-book format.
(Although, I can't imagine why a publisher, or author would remove a book other than formatting or something similar. That would lead to some unhappy customers!)