Will Kindle light a fire under Updike novel sales?

The Associated Press and Best Ebook Reviews reported that Random House is adding 7000 additional ebooks to its e-catalog over the next few months. Though ebooks count for fewer than a 1 percent market share of total book sales, Random House ebook sales have experienced a triple-digit percent increase since the Amazon.com Kindle reader was introduced. Typical Kindle editions sell for $9.00, and Random House specifically said that John Updike’s novels will be among those digitalized in this new wave of ebooks. For more information, see “Kindle Reader Impact–Random House ebook sales increase over 100%,” and thanks to Jack De Bellis for drawing it to our attention.

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