eBook Sales Composed 9% of Consumer Book Sales in August

From January through August of 2010, eBook sales totaled $263 million–a  193 percent increase compared to the same period last year. eBook sales increased 172.4 percent in August, reaching $39.0 million.

Here’s more from the Association of American Publishers (AAP): “Trade book sales (not including books for academic study) for the period of January-August 2010 had sales of $2.91 billion.  eBook sales in the same period were  $263 million..  E books for the period comprise 9.03%