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Originally Posted by garygibsonsf
I'm a little wary about that whole thing regarding 'selling' more ebooks on Christmas Day than regular books. Apparently most of those 'purchased' books were freebies, which dominate the Kindle's top 100. Which makes the whole story a big fib in the first place. People were just testing their Kindles out with stuff that didn't cost them anything.
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Aside from the freebies issue, you have to consider what constitutes a sale. Amazon, like all legitimate retailers, counts a sale when the credit card is charged and the credit card is generally not charged until the day the item is shipped. With no ability to ship p books on Christmas Day, I'm not surprised that ebooks, which "ship" immediately outsold pbooks.