Link to AP article at Yahoo News, "Quick million for new Dan Brown book".
Excerpt: "The big surprise was that, despite sustained, strong physical books sales, yesterday (Tuesday) we saw the Kindle edition outsell hardcover editions on the book's release day," said Amazon.com spokesman Andrew Herdener, adding that the calculation did not include preorders.
Herz also declined to offer a breakdown between hardcover and e-book sales. Sony spokesman Kyle Austin also would not provide numbers, but said "The Lost Symbol" set a single day record for e-book sales, selling more than 10 times the amount of any other e-release Tuesday.
E-book sales are quickly growing, although believed to be just 1 percent to 2 percent of the overall market.
Book publishers follow book sales data as eagerly as movie producers track daily box office receipts. Why the reluctance to share?
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