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E-books monthly sales up 250% over same month last year, and highest monthly sales ever recorded.

Simon & Schuster plans to postpone the release of 35 e-book titles by four months. This is in part attributed to the sales of Stephen King's "Under the Dome" in which the publisher noticed that e-book sales were cannibalizing hardcover sales.

Interesting...ebook sales are up compared with last year, but physical books seem unaffected according to this report. 

A correction(?) to the previously posted not by Nicholas Carr on the flattening of e-book sales.

Latest data on sales of ebooks.

By Jason Boog on July 21, 2011 3:27 PM According to Association of American Publishers (AAP) sales figures for the first half of 2011, eBook sales were up 160 percent compared to the same period last year. At the same time, both paperback and hardcover sales have sagged.

Monty Python: "We're letting you see absolutely everything for free. So there! But we want something in return. None of your driveling, mindless comments. Instead, we want you to click on the links, buy our movies & TV shows and soften our pain and disgust at being ripped off all these years."

I lean to the copyleft so I like to see stories on free content leading to increased sales for artists and content providers.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday that its Kindle electronic book reader posted its best sales yet in the month of December, as the battle for the digital reader

Some data on the lift of sales from the provision of free copies.

Interesting article about the state of Christian Retailers and the effect of e-publishing as well as internet downloading on the sales and popularity of their stores and books. CBA is making a focused effort to curb the loss in sales by programs geared toward their members to help boost sales and get up-to-date with the digital age--- CHECK IT OUT!

Article from March that popped up on my radar now about how to handle lending e-books and first-sale-doctrine issues.

Federal legislation would give states the authority to make online retailers collect sales tax.

An important decision affirming the right to resell copyrighted foreign books.  

Amazon and Apple are looking to create markets for the sale of "used" e-books.

Latest data on US sales of print and e-books.

Is this a tipping-point?

Yes, I believe so. The evidence would suggest that we read more, when we read e-books. Therefore, the e-book readers will progressively represent growth in the book industry. Combine that with the trend that Amazon has already reported, and it seems inevitable.

Apple touts its latest sales figures for the buzz-generating tablet and acknowledges difficulty in keeping up with demand. Read this blog post by Jim Dalrymple on Apple.

How the rise of ebook sales is changing the game for book stores, particularly Barnes & Noble.