100 million books downloaded from iBooks

Kitabi · 03-02-2011, 03:01 PM

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/02/1...ngs-on-new-pu/

who are these people? don't sound like the folks at MR.

rcuadro · 03-02-2011, 03:37 PM

probably the free whinnie the phoo

rhadin · 03-02-2011, 03:37 PM

downloads don't equal sales

Giggleton · 03-02-2011, 03:46 PM

or reads for that matter.

Deneb · 03-02-2011, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by rhadin

downloads don't equal sales

Thank you. I didn't see that trick in the phrasing at first. But you're right, if most of them are free books, it doesn't mean the same at all.

queentess · 03-02-2011, 04:10 PM

Yeah, I downloaded several of the Kaplan freebies (in December?) to my iThing, but they later showed up free on B&N and Amazon, so I never even opened any of the ones from iBookstore.

vulcan_girl · 03-02-2011, 04:15 PM

I've downloaded some books through iBooks, but haven't done anything outside of checking out how they appear.

leebase · 03-02-2011, 04:53 PM

How is this different from the numerous freebie downloads of Kindle books? I've downloaded freebie kindle books, B&N books, iBooks for reading on my iPad. True, I haven't read all of them either. But I do download books that I intend to get around to reading.

It's certainly _AN_ indication of the use of iBooks. And given that I buy most of my books from Amazon (these days) and read them on my iPad -- even iBook sales don't speak solely to the use of the iPad for reading.

Nonny

pdurrant · 03-02-2011, 04:54 PM

Note that there are 200 million active (CC data) iTunes accounts. So 100 million ebook downloads means one for every 2 accounts. Not a lot at all!

murraypaul · 03-03-2011, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Note that there are 200 million active (CC data) iTunes accounts. So 100 million ebook downloads means one for every 2 accounts. Not a lot at all!

Those iTunes accounts will include people with (pre-Touch) iPods that can't read eBooks.

pdurrant · 03-03-2011, 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by murraypaul

Those iTunes accounts will include people with (pre-Touch) iPods that can't read eBooks.

True. And even those with such devices might well be staying away from the Apple iBooks store because of the DRM and lack of readers for other platforms (even Mac OS X!)

jbcohen · 03-03-2011, 07:40 AM

Wow and how does that compare to the number of book sales from Amazon and Barns and Nobles? Do electronic readers go to electronic book stores for their electronic book or do they go to a computer company? When I started learning about electronic book I emediately associated electronic books with the two dominant book stores in my home town, Borders and Barns and Nobles, however I can understand why others associate electronic books with Apple. Is apple leading in terms of number of ebooks sold? I am rather interested in what can be learned via an analysis of the data.

pdurrant · 03-03-2011, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jbcohen

Wow and how does that compare to the number of book sales from Amazon and Barns and Nobles? Do electronic readers go to electronic book stores for their electronic book or do they go to a computer company? When I started learning about electronic book I emediately associated electronic books with the two dominant book stores in my home town, Borders and Barns and Nobles, however I can understand why others associate electronic books with Apple. Is apple leading in terms of number of ebooks sold? I am rather interested in what can be learned via an analysis of the data.

Amazon don't give out many hard numbers. They have said that since 1st January 2011, in the US, they have sold 115 ebooks for every 100 paperbacks they've sold.

Morris Rosenthal estimates that in the last week of 2010, Amazon sold 3 million ebooks.

Amazon also noted that their top five best-selling Kindle authors have each sold over 500,000 Kindle ebooks each.

NB Apple's 100 million might well include free ebooks, which Amazon's figures don't.

doreenjoy · 03-03-2011, 07:02 PM

Considering how abyssmal sales have been at the iBookstore, I don't believe this means anything other than PR.

03-02-2011, 03:01 PM	#1
Kitabi Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 66 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Nook	100 million books downloaded from iBooks http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/02/1...ngs-on-new-pu/ who are these people? don't sound like the folks at MR.

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rcuadro Wizard Posts: 1,685 Karma: 874275 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Device: Kindle DX	probably the free whinnie the phoo

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Giggleton Suspended Posts: 1,687 Karma: 4368191 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Oregon Device: Kindle3	or reads for that matter.

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queentess Reading is sexy Posts: 1,303 Karma: 320247 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: none	Yeah, I downloaded several of the Kaplan freebies (in December?) to my iThing, but they later showed up free on B&N and Amazon, so I never even opened any of the ones from iBookstore.

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vulcan_girl Groupie Posts: 152 Karma: 1010345 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: PRS 350	I've downloaded some books through iBooks, but haven't done anything outside of checking out how they appear.

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leebase Karma Kameleon Posts: 1,386 Karma: 3934847 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iPad, iPhone 4S	How is this different from the numerous freebie downloads of Kindle books? I've downloaded freebie kindle books, B&N books, iBooks for reading on my iPad. True, I haven't read all of them either. But I do download books that I intend to get around to reading. It's certainly _AN_ indication of the use of iBooks. And given that I buy most of my books from Amazon (these days) and read them on my iPad -- even iBook sales don't speak solely to the use of the iPad for reading. Nonny

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jbcohen Wizard Posts: 2,360 Karma: 3046348 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Palanthas Device: Kindle 5 Paperwhite and a Nook Simple Touch	Wow and how does that compare to the number of book sales from Amazon and Barns and Nobles? Do electronic readers go to electronic book stores for their electronic book or do they go to a computer company? When I started learning about electronic book I emediately associated electronic books with the two dominant book stores in my home town, Borders and Barns and Nobles, however I can understand why others associate electronic books with Apple. Is apple leading in terms of number of ebooks sold? I am rather interested in what can be learned via an analysis of the data.

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doreenjoy 01000100 01001010 Posts: 1,855 Karma: 293916 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Polyamorous	Considering how abyssmal sales have been at the iBookstore, I don't believe this means anything other than PR.


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