Both Amazon and B&N are already selling more digital editions of textbooks
than the hardcover counterparts.
For the first time, two e-books have been priced higher on Amazon
than their hardcover counterparts, according to The New York Times, which broke the story Tuesday morning.
Not exact matches
It turns out that e-books are not cannibalizing
hardcover and trade paperback sales, as publishers» once feared, though mass market paperbacks — which are often published much later
than their hardback
counterparts, and sold mostly in more traditional retail environments like drugstores — have been negatively impacted.
Another, perhaps more telling advantage is that electronic editions tend to cost noticeably less
than their physical
counterparts, particularly when it comes to recent
hardcover releases.