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fjtorres · 12-09-2015, 10:10 AM

That breakdown on KU is a bit old.
I've seen more recent reports/rumors that Amazon has been reducing the tradpub count in KU. Most of the growth in the catalog (it's almost doubled) over the past year has been on the Indie side.
So the KU total is probably a bit lower.

But the core point stands: just as Amazon UK is the second largest ebook vendor globally, KU is very likely the second largest revenue generator for ebooks in the US.

The competition really needs to up their game; sometimes it seems Amazon is competing against a vacuum.

12-09-2015, 10:10 AM	#2
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	That breakdown on KU is a bit old. I've seen more recent reports/rumors that Amazon has been reducing the tradpub count in KU. Most of the growth in the catalog (it's almost doubled) over the past year has been on the Indie side. So the KU total is probably a bit lower. But the core point stands: just as Amazon UK is the second largest ebook vendor globally, KU is very likely the second largest revenue generator for ebooks in the US. The competition really needs to up their game; sometimes it seems Amazon is competing against a vacuum.