In a PC World article written by Melissa J. Perenson, she writes “Amazon says that, for the first time, it has sold more Kindle e-books than paperback book. Since the start of the year, Amazon has sold 115 Kindle books for every 100 paperbacks. Kindle book sales continue to outpace hardcover sales, as well; during the same time period, three times as many Kindle books were sold as were hardcover books (including sales listings for books that have no Kindle edition)....
>>>In a PC World article written by Melissa J. Perenson, she writes “Amazon says that, for the first time, it has sold more Kindle e-books than paperback book. Since the start of the year, Amazon has sold 115 Kindle books for every 100 paperbacks. Kindle book sales continue to outpace hardcover sales, as well; during the same time period, three times as many Kindle books were sold as were hardcover books (including sales listings for books that have no Kindle edition).
These are certainly compelling numbers-particularly Kindle sales as compared with hardcover sales, a trend with first began to manifest itself last spring. In July 2010, Amazon announced that in the one month period between June and July, 180 Kindle books were sold for every 100 hardcovers.”
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