All those happy recipients of a holiday Kindle fired up their shiny new device and began purchasing e-books, making Christmas day the first day customers purchased more
e-books than physical books.
This was after Amazon stated that they were selling more
e-books than physical books.
Not exact matches
«Since it's easier, faster and cheaper to create an
e-book than it is a physical book, Kindle owners will get to read the seventh Jack Daniels before everyone e
book than it is a
physical book, Kindle owners will get to read the seventh Jack Daniels before everyone else.
Godin's decision is also backed up by sales successes like Amazon's Kindle e-reader, Apple's iPad, and even reports like this one that suggest the
e-book revolution is redefining the nature of reading itself, and reading e-books means readers are less isolated than if they were reading a physical b
book revolution is redefining the nature of reading itself, and reading
e-books means readers are less isolated
than if they were reading a
physical book.
Further,
e-books * ARE * worth less than physical books for the very fact that they are not phys
books * ARE * worth less
than physical books for the very fact that they are not
physical.
In fact, some suggest that
e-book covers are just as important
than those on
physical books, because online buyers are presented with a myriad of thumbnail images when browsing on the most popular sites.
Amazon also points out that
e-books are cheaper to produce than physical b
books are cheaper to produce
than physical books.
E-books also are considerably cheaper to produce and distribute than physical (or «print») b
books also are considerably cheaper to produce and distribute
than physical (or «print»)
books.
«The teenagers commented they appreciated the
physical and sensory lure of a real
book, and said printed texts are often more accessible and easier to handle
than e-books.
In nearly all cases, reading
e-books means giving up more privacy
than browsing through a
physical bookstore or library, or reading a paper
book in your own home.
The authors point out that Amazon now controls the sale of more
than 75 percent of online sales of
physical books; more
than 65 percent of
e-book sales; more
than 40 percent of sales of new
books; and about 85 percent of
e-book sales of self - published titles.
Book pirates spent around # 27.46 on average on digital and
physical books than those who accessed all their
e-books legally, who claimed to spent # 23.77 on ave
books legally, who claimed to spent # 23.77 on average.
The Kindle rapidly grew the company's
e-book business, and Amazon said in May that it was selling more
e-books than physical copies of b
books than physical copies of
books.
Self publishing an
e-book is considerably cheaper
than self publishing
physical books, and a great deal of it can be done on your own.
Treating your content — both
physical books and
e-books — as bookware, rather than as something visionary or revered, solves a number of prob
books — as bookware, rather
than as something visionary or revered, solves a number of problems.
As far as readers are concerned, the incremental cost to produce more copies of an
e-book is zero.So the readers expect an eBook to be priced less than a physical b
book is zero.So the readers expect an eBook to be priced less
than a
physical book.
Physical books, however, do cost more to produce
than e-booksbooks.
Since consumers almost always have the option to read
books in
physical formats, they are indicating a preference to return to print... Overall, 14 % of
book buyers said they are now reading fewer
e-books than when they started reading books in the format, and 59 % percent of those who said they are reading fewer e-books cited a preference for print as the main reason for switching back to physical b
books than when they started reading
books in the format, and 59 % percent of those who said they are reading fewer
e-books cited a preference for print as the main reason for switching back to physical b
books cited a preference for print as the main reason for switching back to
physical books.
Barnes & Noble now represents more
than 25 percent of all of the U.S. market for
e-books, more than the company's share of physical books, and it sells twice the number of e-books as physical books, at least on
books, more
than the company's share of
physical books, and it sells twice the number of
e-books as physical books, at least on
books as
physical books, at least online.
Barnes and Noble recently said that it sells more
e-books than it does physical books on BN
books than it does
physical books on BN.com.
Creating an
e-book is actually quite a bit simpler than creating a physical b
book is actually quite a bit simpler
than creating a
physical book.
If I was able to buy an
e-book once for both of us, like I can for a physical book, then e-books would make an awful lot more sense than they do
book once for both of us, like I can for a
physical book, then
e-books would make an awful lot more sense
than they do now.
Since distributing
e-books is so much cheaper and simpler than distributing physical books to bookstores, there are fewer barriers to entry and much easier disco
books is so much cheaper and simpler
than distributing
physical books to bookstores, there are fewer barriers to entry and much easier discovery.
For example, promotions on children's
books do not perform well (the ROI was -39 %), probably because most parents (like me) buy
physical books rather
than e-booksbooks.
Amazon controls more
than 40 percent of total
book sales in the U.S., 75 percent of online sales of
physical books, and 65 percent of the
e-book mar
book market.
Since
e-book readers can store thousands of
books, they eliminate the need for
physical storage and give children, parents and schools access to a much wider selection
books than what may be physically available in their communities.
e-book content rather than a physical copy of the book,» she s
book content rather
than a
physical copy of the
book,» she said.
While
e-book prices are on average 20 - 30 percent lower
than those of
physical books, they save publishers the cost of storing and moving
books around, and reduce the working capital tied up in inventory.
Speaking of the Nook, B&N boasted that just nine months since its launch of the e-reader, and one year after it entered the
e-book arena, the company has already achieved greater market share in digital
books than it has in
physical books.
Many
e-book sales will not cannibalize physical book sales, and so publishers will overall be selling more than bef
book sales will not cannibalize
physical book sales, and so publishers will overall be selling more
than before.
Of course, buying
physical books is still the best option for many bookworms out there, in part because nothing can replace the sheer tactical feeling of flipping through pages, but jumping into
e-books is more than decent a reco
books is more
than decent a recourse.
A paperback does give some kudos to you as an author (there is something magical about holding a
book you've written), and some readers prefer a
physical book, but the income from a paperback is significantly lower
than from an
e-bookbook.