More weak signals on media

Amazon sold more e-books than paper books:

Amazon noted that on Christmas Day, for the first time ever, Amazon customers bought more Kindle books than physical books. The company didn’t offer specific numbers for either category.

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This should be taken with a pinch of salt, as the Kindle was the most gifted item of the year, and all the owners fired up their device to promptly order books. So this is clearly an abherration, but still an interesting milestone. Coming after the recent news that online advertising surpassed TV in the UK:

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The e-somethings are finally coming into their own, fulfilling the promises made back in the 90s. Took some 20 years but we are getting there.

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2 Responses to “More weak signals on media”

  1. Frederic Sidler Says:
    December 27th, 2009 at 10:06 am

    Apple and Amazon did a great job selling music online and changing the music industry. I am pretty sure they will change the news industry with their Kindle and rumored iSlate tablet. You know I follow the news industry like you do and this devices could help them sell contents online.

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    December 27th, 2009 at 11:45 am

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