In the first five months of this year sales of consumer e-books in America overtook those from adult hardback books. Just a year earlier hardbacks had been worth more than three times as much as e-books, according to the Association of American Publishers. Amazon now sells more copies of e-books than paper books. It accounts for less than a quarter of physical book sales. But Amazon sells 60-70% of e-books in America.
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