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eBooks: Change Happening Faster

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It appears that this gift giving seasons has created a tipping point for e-book sales. I suspect that public libraries are already seeing a bulge in demand too.

Ebooks top print books in USA Today list
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“First signs of a Christmas e-bonanza: of the top six titles on USA Today?s bestseller list that appears tomorrow, e-book versions outsold the print versions. Of the top 50 titles on the list, 19 had higher sales of the e-book than the printed version. This marked the first time that USA Today?s top-50 list had more than two titles whose e-book version outsold the print edition.”

Week after holidays, e-book sales outdo print
USA Today

“Overall, he says, more books, both print and digital, are being sold, but the average hardcover costs $15.50, while the average e-book is $8.75. That means “e-books are cannibalizing the print book market.”

Bogaards says Knopf sold about 165,000 Larsson e-books and 155,000 print versions last week.

Barnes & Noble, the nation’s largest bookstore chain, announced it sold 1 million e-books Christmas Day.

Amazon’s Russ Grandinetti says the online bookseller began seeing e-books outsell print best sellers in October, but “our print business continues to grow. We see e-books as an additive more than a substitute.”

No matter how the trend toward e-books pans out, “it’s good for readers, and reading is good for publishing,” says Scott Lubeck of the Book Industry Study Group.”

After Strong Holiday Sales for E-Readers, E-Books Outselling Print
via ReadWriteWeb by Audrey Watters

“But it remains to be seen if this burst in e-book sales will continue. The surge may not be a “sustainable trend,” according to Kelly Gallagher of the publishing research firm Bowker. Gallager predicts e-book sales will flatten after this initial post-holiday spike. Nonetheless sales for e-books are still on track to be twice as high as they were last year. Currently, e-book sales account for less than 10% of the market.”

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on January 05, 2011 (boomark / email).