Tag: sales
Thoughts on the Future of the Kindle eReader
In most of the ways that matter we can safely say that the eBook war is over. Owning a Kindle is no longer strange or a sign that one is…
Analyst Says Short-Term Kindle Demand Falling, DOJ Settlements May Upset Those Predictions
According to some recent research by Pacific Crest analyst Chad Bartley, the demand for both Kindle E Ink eReaders and Kindle Fire tablets has fallen noticeably from Q4 2011 to…
Amazon is Getting Kindle Fire In-App Purchasing Ready
If you’re going to develop an application around the idea of ongoing micro-transactions, and many people have chosen to do exactly that, then the most important consideration is likely going…
Why Amazon & The Kindle Deserve To Be Dominating Bookselling
This is going to be a bit controversial, I’m sure, given how Amazon has gone about using their influence to beat down smaller publishers and other suppliers recently, but when…
Kindle Fire Now #1 Android Tablet
Android has seized a greater share of the tablet market than ever before in the last year, with fourth quarter usage of Android tablets up to 39% of the total…
Kindle Owners’ Lending Library Exclusivity Pays Off For Some Authors
The December numbers are in for Amazon’s rather controversial Kindle Owners‘ Lending Library (KOLL) and for some people they turned out to be quite good. Right around 295,000 rentals were…
Kindle Fire vs Nook Tablet: Amazon Winning, Sales Looking Great All Around
It’s undeniable that the release of the Kindle Fire, and along with it the competing Nook Tablet, has shaken up the Tablet PC market. Since launch Amazon has already firmly…
Kindle Fire Demand Exceeds Expectations
So, clearly the Kindle Fire was destined to be a big thing from the moment it was announced. In addition to being a part of the bestselling Kindle line, the…
Quarter Million Kindle Fire Devices sold in first 5 days (leak)
Kindle Fire seems to have had a very successful launch. According to screenshots leaked by Amazon.com employee to Cult Of Andoid website, 254,074 devices has been preordered from Amazon.com. This…
The Many Advantages of Amazon’s Kindle Store Cleaning
While the focus of Amazon’s new content duplication policy for the Kindle Store is clearly an effort to eliminate the Kindle spam that has become an ongoing problem for customers,…