Amercian newspapers carrying banner headlines about barack obama's historic white house victory were sold out as they reached newsstands, and people who missed out were bidding about 600 dollars for an edition online.About 800 sellers offered copies for sale on ebay by early on wednesday evening.Bids for the New york Times with its banner headlines 'obama' were up to 400 dollars,while the washington post's 'Obama makes history' edition was bid up to 41 dollars.While the advent of the internet has affected the readership of newspapers.obama's victory has apparently shown that print editions still hold importance when it comes to reporting any historic occasion."This kind of emand for our newspapers is unlike anything we have experienced in recent history",the daily telegraph quoted.Some newspapers even had their exta copies printed but they were just not enough to satisfy readers demands.The Los Angeles times printed at least 1,00,000 extra copies after seeing the readers approaching its offices to buy papers but it was still offered in one ebay auction for 40 dollars.
