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eBook Sales Outpace Hardbacks

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sell-harder-son dept.

dptalia writes "Amazon announced that for every 100 hardback books they sell, 180 eBooks are sold. In addition, they've seen sales for Kindles triple since they lowered the price. But traditionalists shouldn't panic yet — paperbacks are still the king."

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  1. Re:Who buys hardbacks? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I used to buy my Clancy books hardback, but eventually decided it was cheaper to just take a shit on a piece of paper and then stick it between two pieces of cardboard.