Amazon Now Selling More Kindle Books Than Print Books

Posted on 05/19/2011 | 2 Comments

I thought that real books would hold out for quite awhile, but now I’m not so sure.

Megan McArdle

via Amazon Now Selling More Kindle Books Than Print Books.

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2 responses to “Amazon Now Selling More Kindle Books Than Print Books”

  1. Moe | 05/20/2011 at 8:23 am | Reply

    The thing that’s going to save ‘real books’ is also technology. Publishers are getting closer to ‘on demand’ manufacturing.

    I understand desk top PC’s are also being phased out. I need a new ‘puter and am actually considering a PC because today I can buy so much power in a desktop and it’s so much cheaper than a laptop. I’ll still have my old laptop but for home/blogging etc – $1000 on a notebook but same basic stuff on a PC for $400. Amazing.

  2. Sean Patrick Hazlett | 05/20/2011 at 10:10 pm | Reply

    This is a most depressing development. I am still young, but I actually like the touch and feel of a good old-fashioned book.

    I wonder what the trade-off is in the energy consumption required to produce a book vs. the energy consumption required over the lifetime of a Kindle. My guess is that the answer is not as straightforward as it seems…

    …or maybe it is….

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