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Originally Posted by Notjohn
If nobody's buying these devices, then the readership isn't expanding. This would actually track my experience, where my sales began to decline in January 2012, after Kindle Select had begun to take hold and the number of KDP self-pubbers expanded exponentially.
The number of device owners was always small. Apps no help help expand readership to the legions of tablet owners, but they (I!) have lots of other options. When I go skiing in December, I plan to watch the second season of The Blacklist, tee hee.
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NJ:
I don't think that "nobody" is buying the new devices; I simply think that lots of readers are holding on to their older devices, and not junking them. OR, for that matter, they're reselling them, and the new owners are holding onto them. Unlike Apple devices, which seem to be subject to the slings and arrows of "coolness," Kindle devices just keep on trucking, apparently.
If it's true that tablet and smartphone owner-/readership is expanding, that's even more reason to pay attention to the fallback KF7 styling.
Juz sayin'!
Hitch