It was a big deal in 2009 when Kindle sales of The Lost Symbol outstripped Amazon's
hardcover sales right from the drop, and a little over a year later Amazon announced that all Kindle editions were outselling hardcover units for the same titles, across the board.
Not exact matches
And Macmillan would love to release its Kindle editions
right away, but not at the risk of undercutting its
hardcover sales and its physical bookstore allies.
«Rule 34» was sold in 2008, so benefited from publishers not thinking ebook
rights were worth much, so in principle I get nearly as much money from an ebook
sale as from a
hardcover.