The more striking news from Amazon, analysts agreed, was that it has sold more e-books in the last three
months than hardcover books, by a ratio of 143 to 100.
Amazon's US Kindle store currently offers more than 630,000 titles and the company announced this month that it was now selling more e-books
a month than hardcover books, a trend that Bezos expects to accelerate.
Not exact matches
If you don't want to pay the 28.00 for a
hardcover, wait a few
months for the paperback to come out, and it often will cost LESS
than the e-book.
"Amazon.com customers now purchase more Kindle books
than hardcover books — astonishing when you consider that we've been selling
hardcover books for 15 years, and Kindle books for 33
months,» Bezos said.
You can now buy a
month old
hardcover cheaper
than an e-book.
Last
month, almost three years after the original Kindle debuted, the company reported that it's selling more Kindle ebooks
than traditional
hardcovers.
Barely 6
months after stating its Kindle e-books were outselling its selection of
hardcovers, Amazon announced it sold more ebooks for the Kindle e-reader
than paperbacks in 2010.
The Kindle launched in the UK in August 2010, and within nine
months, Amazon was selling more e-books
than hardcover print books.
All we know for sure is that Kindle is selling more e-books
than hardcover books and its e-book sales have tripled in recent
months compared to the same time last year.
Amazon.com customers now purchase more Kindle books
than hardcover books — astonishing when you consider that we've been selling
hardcover books for 15 years, and Kindle books for 33
months.»