Simon & Schuster Reports Record Setting eBook Sales on Tuesday
On Tuesday, Simon & Schuster released A Stolen Life, the memoir of kidnapping survivor Jaycee Dugard. It was not expecting quite the volume of sales.
Over 175 thousand copies were sold on Tuesday, and over half were sold as eBooks. Half. This was a new single-day record for Simon & Schuster, and it marks a turning point for eBooks in the book market.
Leaving aside what this says about the reading public, it also raises an interesting point about immediacy and accessibility.
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