I do both eBook and print books (whether on the traditional or indie side of the house), and eBook sales have always outstripped hard copy sales. How about you, readers? What’s your preference (if any)? Fellow authors, please chime in about your experience as well.
Last month, the head of one of the world’s biggest publishers, spoke to the media about e-books. Whilst I would usually celebrate anything from the book world making the media, I remember being quite flabbergasted by what I had read in said article. I am sure a lot of people read the article in question – it had quite a lot of shares on social media at the time! The comment which left a lot of people, including myself, reeling, was the quote ‘e-books are stupid’. Pardon? I am fully aware that people prefer one format over another, after all, we cannot all like the same things. Some readers may prefer to read hardbacks or paperbacks instead of reading e-books, or visa versa. Personally, I don’t see the problem with that, I am just thankful that we actually have a choice. Think about it – many years ago, the only…
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Sharon E. Cathcart 
Given that just about every business analysis that I read says that print is about dead, ebook in whatever form is the way forward. The only paper books that will continue on are what printers call trade books… coffee table sized art books.
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I suspect this will be exactly the case.
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More paper copies of my novel have sold than copies of the digital version.
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It’s interesting how different people’s businesses are. Pretty much the only time my paperbacks sell is when I take them to appearances with me.
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