Three recent announcements involving electronic publishing have sent ripples through the publishing industry.
The first was Amazon’s announcement that its sales of e-book units exceeded its sales of hardcovers in the second quarter, a trend that reportedly continued in July. Although comparative sales figures do not present a complete picture, it is clear that gateway companies such as Amazon, Apple, Sony, and Barnes & Noble, that sell both e-books and proprietary e-book reading devices are enlarging their share of the publishing marketplace. (This article will refer to them as “Digital Distributors” even though “distributor” can be a misnomer; see below).
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