The ebook has already won the game against the paper book, at least in the UK. Amazon just announced in a press release sales figures for its popular electronic book reader family, Kindle, has exceeded the total sales in traditional format, in both paperback and in tough in Britain. In May 2011, sales of ebooks for Kindle had already advanced, with a ratio of 2-1, the hardcover.
For every 100 books printed Amazon.co.uk sell, have sold 144 eBooks.
The difference could be even greater, since in the final tally Amazon
did not include free Kindle books (many editions of classic and
contemporary texts that their authors make for free download) but those
texts that are on paper but not in ebook.
"Consumers in the UK are now choosing more often Kindle books printed
books, even though our business is growing role," said in a statement
Jorrit van der Meulen, vice president of Kindle for Europe. "As a result of the success of the Kindle, we are selling more books than ever for the benefit of authors and publishers."
Readers who read more have a Kindle, as Amazon says. Each of them buys four times more books than before they bought the electronic reader. And according to the firm defends not only buy mail: also made with paper books.
Phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey
The figures will also update the podium of record sales in electronic form. JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, and yields his throne to the author of a trilogy of very different. EL James, author of Fifty Shades of Grey,
becomes the best selling author of Amazon in the UK, getting in just
four months, two million books sold through its erotic novel trilogy.
James has become a global publishing phenomenon, breaking sales records and becoming a minority gender in a quite popular.
