60 000 electronic books sold at the Fnac in 2009

60 000! The number of electronic books downloaded last year from the online shop Fnac. On the occasion of an interview with the Parisian, Marie-Pierre Sangouard, director of the Fnac book, has in effect said What have been downloaded "60 000 electronic books in 2009 to 40 000 titles.
Last September, the Challenge magazine indicated that FNAC has sold over 40 000 electronic books since the launch of its download service in November 2008. And to this date, 10 000 lights Sony Reader have been sold. 20 000 new books have been sold in three months. "This may seem anecdotal compared with 50 million copies sold in Fnac this year but the digital book is a strategic issue for years to come, sales will only grow," says she.
However, e-books do not seem really popular with French readers if they believed the number of sales last Marc Levy, "The First Night". From 400 000 copies in print (21 euros), the book has generated in December last year a total of 200 sales in digital (15.99 euros) according to La Tribune.
"Consumers expect lower prices as for digital music. It is urgent to find best practices to develop this market, "said Marie-Pierre finally Sangouard. According to research firm iSuppli, in 2008 they are a million lights that have been sold worldwide, this figure was multiplied by five in 2009 and should reach 12 million units in 2010. And this figure could be much higher if Apple happens to be popular with his iPad amateur digital lights.