Amazon is now selling more Kindle books than print books. For every 100 print books Amazon sells it moves 105 Kindle e-books.
The milestone, noted by Amazon in a statement, highlights how the Kindle ecosystem makes buying easy on many devices. Like many consumers, I often pick up Kindle books because it's simple. Now if Amazon can just find a way to create time in my life to read them.
Kindle books had already surpassed hardcover books months ago.
In addition, Amazon said that its ad-supported Kindle with Special Offers is the best-selling Kindle. That device goes for $114.
Other odds and ends from Amazon:
- The Kindle Store has 950,000 books;
- Most of those books are $9.99 or less;
- More than 175,000 books have been added to the Kindle Store in the last five months. Disclosure: I published a Kindle Single on the Business of Media.
- Amazon's UK Kindle store is selling more e-books than hardcovers.
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- Special Offers Kindle could be Amazon's Groupon competitor
- Amazon Kindle to support library lending; Closes gap with Sony, Barnes & Noble
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