When we consider the ebook model we’re always working off of the reality that defined creation and selling of physical books. Basically, we’re assuming that all the things that define and restrict the physical book model also limit ebooks. Our thinking revolves around – How can we save money on the physical book model when we use ebooks? [...]
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* GigaOm says that the Average Revenue Per Month Sprint makes from Kindle owners is around $2 (originally from Nielsen Wire). If we assume 12 cents per MB of data transfer, that’s 16.66 MB of data transferred per user. Given that books are anywhere from .2MB to a few MB, newspapers anywhere from .4 MB to [...]
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Smashwords launched their version of an associate program today and highlighted a weakness in Amazon’s generally impenetratable armor i.e. selling Kindle edition books at the low $9.99 price, often at a loss, leaves no room for amazon associate commissions. Amazon faces an interesting dilemma – Do they bring back associate commissions at 10% for kindle edition books and add to [...]
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Lots of Kindle excitement and some really good articles - * Free Romance book for your Kindle – Dancing in the Moonlight by RaeAnne Thayne. Its got a 4.5 star rating. * Someone named BaleshDev is claiming that he has a Kindle for PC software in the works – Kindle Air – get kindle books on PC? [...]
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Amazon has added a BIG new feature – If you go to kindle.amazon.com you can now view all your Kindle Notes and Highlights. You can’t share them – however, it’s really good to be able to access them online. You’re initially welcomed with a simple message – Our customers have told us that they love [...]
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