Tide

posted by Rob on April 18, 2011 08:43 AM

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The publishing tide is shifting fast: E-book sales in February topped all other formats, including paperbacks and hardcovers, according to an industry report released this week.

E-book sales totaled $90.3 million in February, up 202% compared to the same month a year earlier, according to a study from the Association of American Publishers. That put e-books at No. 1 "among all categories of trade publishing" that month -- the first time e-books have beaten out traditional publishing formats..."
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The thing that makes me crazy is that e-books are generally the same price as paper ones - despite having no physical reality, no costs of pulping for production overruns, etc etc

Posted by: John A-W on April 18, 2011 10:25 AM


Time to get those Kindle editions out!

Posted by: Alan Baker on April 18, 2011 07:31 PM


I know, Alan! I'm mainly to blame. We can produce e-books in a semi-manual way, which is a bit slow, but I haven't finished writing the automated alternative yet. Time for me to get it done, I think.

Posted by: Rob on April 18, 2011 10:32 PM

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