Frequently does not mean the majority, but the statements by Jeff Bezos last fall and in January were unequivocal, Kindle sales have not
cannibalized paper sales and the Kindle buyer buys more books than the ordinary Amazon book customer.
However, as subsidiaries of large media conglomerates, the executives who ran the big six had all been given their marching orders about the internet: DRM restrictions would be mandatory on all ebook
sales, lest rampant piracy
cannibalize their
sales of
paper books.