Finishing out the year of the most overcovered story, the NYT looks at the state of play for ebooks. Following massive increases in percentage sales, one percent of total volume at the big houses is in sight! There’s little new here, but the article does introduce another interesting fake statistic: “Amazon’s Kindle version of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle now represents 23 percent of total Amazon sales of the book, according to Brian Murray, chief executive of HarperCollins Publishers.” Also, “after some initial hesitation, authors like Danielle Steel and John Grisham are soon expected to add their titles to the […]
