Ebooks Now Outselling Physical Books on Amazon UK

[JMcEntegart]

Amazon has said ebooks are now outselling physical hard-copy books in the United Kingdom.

Ebooks Now Outselling Physical Books on Amazon UK : Read more

 

[memadmax]

Duh.
Kindle and other book machines are definitely the way to go.
I got my wife a Kindle Fire and she has read more in the past 6/7 months than she has in her entire life.

Plus it's alot easier on the eyes, nicer to your neighbor when reading in bed(extra light), and you can get a ton of books on demand.

It's a bookworms' dream, or college kid, or someone like me the digests information like there's no tommorrow.

 

[monktongaz]

If they stopped clinging on to the past and released new releases on ebook at the same time as the physical book, I wouldn't ever need paper books again.

I view my Kindle as one of the best innovations in recent memory and one of my best purchases.

 

[sa1nt]

I'm glad for Mr.Tree

 

[belardo]

You can also get Kindle books on iOS and Android. No Kindle hardware required.

 

[monktongaz]

[citation][nom]belardo[/nom]You can also get Kindle books on iOS and Android. No Kindle hardware required.[/citation]

Also WP7 and PCs. Pretty much anywhere. That's the beauty of the system.

 

[hoof_hearted]

[citation][nom]outlw6669[/nom]And then...So, not outselling all physical books, only the more expensive hard cover editions.Not sure exactly how many more paperbacks are being sold, but I would expect it to be a significant amount.[/citation]

The subtitle said hard-copy, not hard-cover

 

[blackened144]

I remember when the last Harry Potter book came out I had just got my ereader and thought it would be the perfect first book to read on it.. After 2 days of searching for somewhere to buy the ebook I found out that JK Rowling decided that there was too much piracy in ebooks and refused to release it that format.. So guess how I ended up reading the book on my ereader? Good thing shes finally come around on that as its definitely the future..

 

[eddieroolz]

Hopefully this trend continues and forces publishers to lower prices.