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ishish · 12-10-2009, 10:40 AM

Hey everyone, I just wanted to mention a new site we are launching today called eReaderChoice.com. Its basically a way to stack up some of the popular eReaders against each other. The one feature that I think you all might find most useful is the ability to check book availability across readers in an easy to use grid.

We also ran some numbers on about 500 books in prize-winning lists such as the pulitzer, hugo, nebula, etc. You can check it out at ereaderchoice.com, and look at the best seller lists.

Here is a summary of results:

Of 504 books:

191 were available on Kindle
167 were available on the Nook (through the B&N store)
175 were available on the Sony (through the Sony eBook store).

Average prices:
for Kindle were $9.01
for Nook $8.47
for Sony $11.05

The other interesting thing was the standard deviation around pricing. There was a lot more variation for Sony books (standard deviation was 4.6) whereas the Amazon books had a variation of 1.64 and Nook 2.77.

Anyway please get more details at www.ereaderchoice.com and run your own searches! After a while I'll compile another list of numbers and report back with what I find based on an aggregate of everyone's searches.

Thanks!
Ish
(co-creator eReaderChoice.com)

12-10-2009, 10:40 AM	#1
ishish Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: none	Some new numbers on eBook availability across readers Hey everyone, I just wanted to mention a new site we are launching today called eReaderChoice.com. Its basically a way to stack up some of the popular eReaders against each other. The one feature that I think you all might find most useful is the ability to check book availability across readers in an easy to use grid. We also ran some numbers on about 500 books in prize-winning lists such as the pulitzer, hugo, nebula, etc. You can check it out at ereaderchoice.com, and look at the best seller lists. Here is a summary of results: Of 504 books: 191 were available on Kindle 167 were available on the Nook (through the B&N store) 175 were available on the Sony (through the Sony eBook store). Average prices: for Kindle were $9.01 for Nook $8.47 for Sony $11.05 The other interesting thing was the standard deviation around pricing. There was a lot more variation for Sony books (standard deviation was 4.6) whereas the Amazon books had a variation of 1.64 and Nook 2.77. Anyway please get more details at www.ereaderchoice.com and run your own searches! After a while I'll compile another list of numbers and report back with what I find based on an aggregate of everyone's searches. Thanks! Ish (co-creator eReaderChoice.com)