Did you think we were going to make a doomsday prediction for 2012? No, this isn’t about the Mayan Apocalypse or the death of the printed word, but a Citigroup analyst is looking into his crystal ball and predicting that Kindle sales will make up 10% of Amazon’s revenues (about $6 billion) within the next year.
Amazon has been secretive about exact sales figures, but they have revealed that eBook sales recently took the lead over print books.
More info at TechCrunch.
About Chris Robley
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Chris Robley splits his time between the Portlands Oregon and Maine, always longing for the other. He plays music on the West Coast and writes poems on the East. His music has been praised by NPR, the LA Times, the Boston Globe, and others. Skyscraper Magazine said he is “one of the best short-story musicians to come along in quite some time.” Robley’s poetry is forthcoming in Prairie Schooner, RHINO, Pacifica Literary Review, and The Fine Line.