Thread: NYT: Apple Moves to Tighten Control of App Store
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Old 02-04-2011, 06:07 PM   #194
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Tobias Buckell responds to MobileRead Members who think he pulled the 50% number out of his hat - or something else with an orifice.

I happen to agree with his opinion on this in general, so imperfect (un-verified) numbers aren't really the point here. The point is that the number would be significant in terms of Amazon revenue.
Maybe 50% of people do read Kindle ebooks on iOS devices, but I wonder what percentage of the people who use the iOS apps are also Kindle owners. And what percentage of people who use the iOS apps actually purchase content via the apps. Or what percentage have the app just to take advantage of free content.

Before I purchased my Kindle, the only time I used the kindle app on my iPod was to read free ebooks from Amazon. I never purchased any ebooks from Amazon until I bought a kindle. Even now that I have a kindle, the only content I "purchase" on my iPod is free content. For paid content, I do almost all of my purchasing on my computer via Amazon's website, except for maybe 2 or 3 ebooks that were purchased on my Kindle.
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