As we end 2010, a year that started with the Agency Model, it’s worth taking a quick look at what prices the bestsellers in the Kindle Store are at. The Agency Model was introduced because Publishers felt $9.99 wasn’t a good enough price for them. Were they able to raise book prices above $9.99? Keep [...]
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The Kindle might have sold 8 million units this year. Perhaps it was just 5 million. Perhaps just 3 million. Perhaps 11 million. The only certainty is it was ‘millions of Kindles’. You’d think that would get Kindle haters to stop predicting the death of the Kindle. No such luck. Success of eReaders only Hype? Lars Paronen [...]
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For your Kindle, 5 offers to bid 2010 goodbye – Wilderness #55: Into the Unknown by David Thompson. Price: $0. Genre: Nature, Adventure. Rated 5 stars on 3 reviews. The Perfect Woman by James Andrus. Price: $0. Genre: Serial Killers, Father vs Serial Killer, Thriller, Police Procedural. Rated 5 stars on 5 reviews. A very [...]
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The Kindle has managed to do very well in both the US and the UK this holiday season. B&N’s Nook and Nook Color also seem to have done very well in the US. One of the interesting decisions by Amazon was to block sales to countries other than the US and the UK for the last [...]
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For your Kindle, available for an unspecified amount of time, courtesy Joyce – The Blood that Bonds by Christopher Buecheler. Price: Free. Genre: Vampire, Action & Adventure, Pretty Cover, Out of the Frying Pan. Rated 4.5 stars on 15 reviews. Catching Caroline by Sylvia Day. Price: Free. Genre: Shorty Story, Erotic Romance. It is a [...]
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