Although there are those purists out there who still insist on reading actual books — as in the kind that come from trees — Amazon’s grand pooh-bah Jeff Bezos announced last week that sales of e-books have now surpassed that of their analog counterparts. –KA

The New York Post:

For every 100 traditional print volumes sold last month, Amazon sold 105 e-books, the company said.

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