Amazon sold 143 Kindle books for every 100 hardcover books last quarter

Re:Amazon sold 143 Kindle books for every 100 hardcover book... by redstripe on Monday July 19, 2010 @06:41PM (#1530466)

This is just for hardcovers - not paperbacks. Outside of textbooks, we have very few hardcovers in our house.

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Re:Amazon sold 143 Kindle books for every 100 hardcover book... by fbcocq on Monday July 19, 2010 @11:44PM (#1531081)

Also, keeping in mind that online book sales account for only 15.5% of all books sold (at least in Germany), it's not the end of the printed book by a longshot.

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Re:Amazon sold 143 Kindle books for every 100 hardcover book... by hapless on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @12:34AM (#1531168)

Germany's online booksellers have ridiculous prices. I don't know what the marketshare figures look like in the rest of the world, but I would be very surprised if they were comparable to Germany.

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Re:Amazon sold 143 Kindle books for every 100 hardcover book... by TeHCrAzY on Monday July 19, 2010 @07:17PM (#1530553)

Good point. My mind skimmed the hardcover element completely. Do you pay more for postage when purchasing a hardcover book?

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Re:Amazon sold 143 Kindle books for every 100 hardcover book... by jim_h on Monday July 19, 2010 @10:56PM (#1531012)

Amazon offers free 2-day shipping after $25 in purchases for most of their items. For the price of a hardcover book you might already qualify for free shipping, or just add another item to get to $25 and get free shipping.

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