February E-book Sales Skyrocket
Publisher’s Weekly reports that ebook sales increased at a higher rate in February than they did in January.
According to the American Associate of Publishers (AAP), ebook sales increased 202 percent, raking in $90 million.
February wasn’t so good to other forms of books, which all saw declines. Adult hardcover fell 43 percent to $46 million and mass market paperback plunged 41.5 percent to $29 million.
The AAP believes the ebook gains are the result of people loading ebooks onto the e-readers they received for the holidays.
Whatever the reason, according to Publishers Weekly, ebook sales for the first two months of 2011 equalled sales of trade paperbacks for that period.
I stopped buying paperbacks entirely in the last few months. It’s cheaper and easier for me to buy ebooks. And I’ve discovered some fantastic indie writers as a result
I buy more ebooks than I used to but some paperbacks are still cheaper at places like Target and Wegman’s which offer books at 25 percent off the list price. I buy and read so many books, I usually go for the lowest price.
Eve: I do enjoy ebooks but I don’t think I will entirely give up paperbacks. I find myself switching back and forth between the two.
Kate: I’m like you. I’ll go for the least expensive in whatever format.
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