Simba Information reports ebook prices dropping

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By Paul Biba

That is from a market research report by Simba Information. Unfortunately the full report is fee based, but the Simba press release does contain some hard information:

In July 2008, the top 25 titles on Amazon’s bestseller list for the four weeks averaged $9.25 and the top 25 in June 2009 averaged $8.04 after decreasing fairly steadily during the interim. For Sony, after starting at $10.13 in July 2008 then increasing to $11.68 in November thanks to a few well selling bundles, the average price of the top 25 fell to $9.97 in June. …

According to “Trade E-Book Publishing 2009,” about 8% of the U.S. adult population purchased at least one e-book during 2008; a figure undoubtedly on the rise.

Again, thanks to Resource Shelf for the link.

(Time stamp changed from 1:05 p.m. Eastern to give this item more prominence. – D.R.)

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