Thread: Article: "More reasons to worry about ebooks than I thought"
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Old 07-23-2009, 02:42 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea View Post

1) How many paper books were sold 10 years ago?
2) How many paper books were sold last year?
3) How many electronic books were sold last year?

(all in absolute numbers)

Theoretically, 2 + 3 should be the same as 1 (maybe with a certain multiplier to account for the population growth and such).
No, I'm sorry I don't agree. I must have bought or downloaded >50 ebooks in the 9 months or so that I've had my Cybook. I certainly did not buy >50 print books in the 9 months before I got it.

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