Two interesting sets of UK eReader data points were made available recently - it seems that interest in eReaders is rather low in the United Kingdom. Waterstone’s announces 60,000 eReaders sold since September 2008 These are the sort of numbers Kindle haters wish the US were seeing – 700,000 eBooks sold since September 2008 launch. 60,000 eReaders sold in the same time period. [...]
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In perhaps the smartest subscription plan any magazine or newspaper has ever come up with New Yorker Magazine will soon offer a ‘pay once, read anywhere’ model (courtesy AdAge) – The New Yorker wants to let readers pay once for digital access across the iPad, the Kindle and other platforms, hoping to improve on the [...]
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Lots of good and a few bad bits of news from Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting. There were a surprising number of Kindle related things discussed. Kindle to focus on reading It’s certainly good to hear that Amazon aren’t going to mess with the Kindle’s focus on reading (via Electronista) – “The Kindle will compete with [...]
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The Association of American Publishers reveals that eBook sales for March jumped up 184% for the month and 252% for the year. Huffington Post has the details – Book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of March increased by 16.6 percent at $458.2 million and were up by 8.0 [...]
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Here’s another kindle free book – Vicious by Kevin O’Brien (he’s a NY Times bestselling author). It’s a free preorder and ships June 1st. No Motive For more than two years, he held Seattle in a terror grip. A cold-blooded killer who abducted young mothers right in front of their sons and murdered them execution style. [...]
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