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Originally Posted by SensualPoet
Sony, Nook and Kobo are, in my mind, clearly well behind despite offering a clear alternative. .
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"In your mind" -- is kind of the point. In "my mind", Amazon is dominating the ebook business. But "our mind" isn't the same thing as "factually". I'd like to know the numbers -- to know HOW MUCH Amazon is leading by. I don't watch football and think "well, my team clearly is winning" -- I look at the SCORE.
I know how many iPads have sold because Apple has told me. I'd love to know how Kindle sales are compared to iPads. Heck, I'd love to know how many iPads Amazon has sold. I'd like to know how many books have been purchased via the Apple book store compared to Amazon, on the iPad.
There are all kinds of numbers I'd like to have because, dammit, I love to watch the technology battles and I like knowing the score.
But hey, I realize that Amazon has good reason for keeping it's numbers to itself. Apple surely isn't going to give numbers out when it's not in their best interest to do so. But when a company won't tell us the numbers, then I think we shouldn't give them any publicity attention about their sales.
"Best selling product at Amazon ever"? Who cares. That's not a real number. And I love that the Nook is now B&N's "best selling product ever" so obviously those two are equal number. As "best selling ever" must surely equal "best selling ever".
Now we need Borders to come tell us all the the Kobo is it's best selling product ever. I think every competitor to Amazon should follow EVERY Amazon press release with an exact duplicate.
THEN FINALLY, Amazon would have a reason to say "we sold 4 million kindles this year" to which B&N and everyone else would stay silent. But until Amazon does, as far as I'm concerned, their numbers are too embarrassingly small for them to tell us of.
Lee