Chaos Manor Review is the current version of Jerry Pournelle's BYTE column on personal computing issues. Jerry has a Kindle2 and is a well known science fiction author. His columns often include ebook topics from an authors and a readers point of view. In the
May 10 issue, Jerry comments on the Kindle DX, although most of the commentary isn't DX-specific but rather about newspapers and text books.
He includes a summary of what Amazon told the annual meeting of the Science Fiction Writers of America:
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First, the really positive effect of Kindle on sales has been in backlist, and particularly backlist sales of previous books in a series. People read the latest book of a series, or the latest book from an author, and decide that they want some of the previous work. If those works exist for the Kindle, the sales are a lot more likely than if they only exist in paper.
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According to the Kindle evangelists there has already been a noticeable impact on trade book sales. People who own Kindles buy more books, and that's in all categories. The biggest sales have been in the mystery and thriller category, but romance and science fiction aren't all that far behind.
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