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The Kindle Store adds one more -

Update: This book has been pulled. Harper Collins probably made a mistake.

1. It’s in His Kiss: The Epilogue II by Julia Quinn is at $0. It’s a romance novel. 

So we have 29 free books in a 24 hour span.

‘Reviews’ comparing the Kindle with iBooks and iBooks with Kindle for iPad

We have lots of people adding reviews without actually having read a book on any of these devices. One article put up a review claiming Kindle for iPad doesn’t let you highlight (which they later corrected) – That’s what happens when you put up a review comparing three reading options you know little about.

It’s just half a day since you got the iPad in your hands. How could you review it this quickly – especially for reading?

There are all sorts of opinions -

1. Andy Ihnatko thinks the iBooks App alone is worth the price of the iPad.
2. Some reviewers thought the Kindle would be better because of eInk.
3. A few other reviewers thought iBooks is better than an actual Kindle (Walt Mossberg).
4. Some people feel Kindle for iPad is the best reading option on the iPad.
5. Yet others feel that iBooks is the prettiest reading option and therefore the best.
6. Teleread likes the support for non DRM ePub.
7. A kindle owners finds that he prefers the kindle for reading.

 People should just wait a few days, actually read books on the three options (for some reviewers that might involve laying their hands on a Kindle for the first time ever ), and then write a review or comparison.

Twisting Statistics about Netbooks

A prime example of twisting statistics is a BusinessWeek report that says Netbook growth has fallen off a cliff.

Yes it has – except not in the way you think.

1. Q1, 2009 – Netbook sales grew 872% to reach 3.6 million units.
2. Q1, 2010 – Netbook sales grew 33.6% to reach 4.8 million units.

Firstly, 4.8 million units in the non-holiday quarter means sales of probably 22 to 25 million units for the year. That’s good by any standard.

Secondly, if netbooks grew 872% again they’d sell over 30 million units in a quarter. Perhaps it’s just that most of the people who were a good fit for netbooks had already bought them.

Thirdly, there are two ridiculous claims based off of this -

1. iPad is killing netbooks. We won’t know the impact of the iPad on netbook sales until the year is done. The same article mentions that 20% of potential netbook buyers are considering buying an iPad instead. How does losing 20% of potential customers translate to dying? 
2. It’ll hurt PC makers’ profits. These are the same netbooks that were supposed to kill the PC industry’s profits because they were being sold at such low prices and at such low margins. Now that their sales growth has declined claims are being made that less netbooks sold will kill profits. The PC Industry and netbooks are intertwined in some magical way - whether netbooks sell or not PC industry profits go down.

Netbooks are the new Kindle – The Press just want them to die so they can promote the grand savior of the press instead. Soon we’ll have articles talking about how the Sahara Desert has turned into a great sea thanks to the Great Savior of the Media.

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