On 11.11.07, In The company said in May that its digital books were outselling his books printed after reporting last year that they had eclipsed stapled. The last statement was perfect and news ricocheted around the internet and the media as the latest sign that paper books are endangered.
Books Vs. Print Books - Amazon does not reveal her measurements, however, and some pointed out that its figures relate only to unit sales, which could easily be influenced by thousands of titles available at low prices, often for less than a dollar. In July, said Amazon Kindle Store was 950,000 books on offer, 800,000 of them were $ 9.99 or less.
Across the market, ebooks accounted for only 6.4% of total revenues of the books published to the public last year, according to the Association of American Publishers, whose members include leading publishers in the country.
But that is changing. The group later issued a report on the first five months of 2011 show that ebook sales grew to about one fifth of the total cake during this period, soaring by 160% while the total turnover and Hardcover Paperback both were down nearly 20%. Retail sales took a hit this year that the national chain closed its border stores after declaring bankruptcy.
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The trend will accelerate as more readers dedicated eReaders and buy tablets and phones that can display books, so this holiday season is important. Analysts have long held up $ 100 that the line of general acceptance of these units, while Amazon and $ 199 Four tablet has attracted much attention because of his confrontation with the iPad, two of the company new teeth are $ 79 and $ 99 when purchasing with ads. The offer of the Barnes and Noble (See “Android fans: do not neglect Nook” and manufacturers dedicated as Aluratek be offered slightly higher, near $ 130
A disappointment for users so far has been the price of ebooks, Amazon currently lists a series of books with the Kindle version is more expensive than the print version, after losing the battle for an editor to fix the prices of ebooks. Prices should be under pressure as rivals such as Apple and Google to defend its own eBook offer to run the software from their country of origin.
As eReaders become more popular, users will naturally seek alternative, cheaper ways to fill in content. A sample of his popularity libraries, which are closely monitoring their users to make better use of tight budgets. Since 67.2% of libraries provide some access to electronic books, according to a report published by the American Library Association in June, local media reflect this trend – an article in the Boston Globe said in October that rates loans are rising rapidly in the e-book libraries in the region, although the print titles are even more popular.
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Another factor that could lead the reader to the devices is exclusive content. New JK Rowling “Pottermore” website, for example, will begin offering the Harry Potter books in 2012.
The rest of the year 2011, with tablets cheap eReaders on the market in plenty of time for holiday shopping, e-books and more accessible than ever, show the strength of ebooks vs print.
Each has a benefit of its own.