Thread: Consumer Report: BN/Amazon e-reader battery life claims are essentially meaningless
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Old 06-08-2011, 01:05 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by OtterBooks View Post
Seems like an odd claim. Amazon states 900,000 ebooks for sale, and 1.8 million free. I wonder if the B&N claim includes the free ones.
B&N includes the 3 million free books available through Google Books.

So does Kobo, so does Sony. I'm not sure anyone of them can truly claim to be the 'biggest' - but then, neither can Amazon.

It's a marketing claim. As with everything else, you have to read the fine print.
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