Of course by limiting to vs hardcovers they’re missing 80% of the sales volume. Paperbacks are still what make the industry go round, publishers and stores love the price and profit margin of hardbacks, but for readers they tend to only buy hardbacks for favorite authors.
They have pretty much what ever you want to read, old and new. Further, they have all the classics available for free or for about $.75. If its not in Kindle format, just request it. The great thing is you can download pretty much anywhere (books, magazines, newspapers) and are not required to pay a monthly internet fee (like the IPAD). Wonderful technology. Not good for pictures though.
I didn’t say anything about what’s on Kindle. I’m just saying that passing hardcover isn’t as big a milestone as they’re trying to say. Hardcover sales have always been a small portion of book sales, the book industry revolves around paperbacks, cheaper to buy and less shelf space.
As for Kindle itself, eh. I like books. E-book just plain doesn’t interest me in any way. Not as long as I can go to the library book sale and buy 3 tote bags of books for $40. $180 for a reader just doesn’t make a lick of sense to me. Glad you like it, but I will be the last person on earth to get one, probably a couple of weeks after I get a cellphone.