Amazon says e-books now outselling cardboard books

Amazon, which does not admit exact sales abstracts for the Kindle or e-books, said that for every 100 book books it has awash back April 1, it has awash 105 e-books. That includes both album and album books, but excludes chargeless downloads.

Last month, Amazon alien a Kindle for $114, or $25 beneath than its abutting best big-ticket version, featuring advertising.

The Kindle has been angry with Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook and Apple Inc's iPad for e-book sales. The Kindle was launched in 2007 and is by far the acknowledged accessory fabricated accurately for account agenda books.

Barnes & Noble is captivation a columnist accident on Tuesday in Fresh York to bare a fresh e-reader books. Last month, Barnes & Noble alien improvements to its Nook Color.