There is one legitimate question about Amazon's analysis: It doesn't include the likelihood that lower priced ebooks
cannibalize some print book sales.
Not exact matches
It's understandable that publishers don't want to
cannibalize their
print sales, but as far as I'm concerned, smart pricing gets
books into more readers» hands.
I also find the assertion that «ebooks are competing with
print books for readers» highly dubious.The numbers don't provide any evidence to suggest that e-book
sales are
cannibalizing print sales.
Recent rapid growth in electronic
book sales has raised a critical question for publishers and
book stores: do e-books
cannibalize or increase
print sales?
E-
books are not going to replace
print books anytime soon, says Childress, and many publishers seem to struggle with harmonizing the two because of concerns about «
cannibalizing»
sales.