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Originally Posted by Synamon
Your comments made me wonder if there was a spike in downloads at Project Gutenberg because of Christmas Kindles. Since they conveniently provide pretty charts it was easy to check. Starting Dec 25 overall downloads spiked, but Kindle's share of the total didn't increase that much despite millions of units being added. It will be interesting to see in the months ahead if those numbers shift as new Kindle owners discover Project Gutenberg. Although perhaps they are content to download the available classics that Amazon offers free. |
Unlike with phone or tablet apps, I am sure that nobody fills their new reader with new books right away. Probably they start loading old books first, or try downloading a few free ones? If the reader was a gift they might take some time to figure things out. There will be a time lag before they start buying.