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Old 01-07-2010, 07:53 AM   #7
John Bailey
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Originally Posted by garygibsonsf View Post
I'm a little wary about that whole thing regarding 'selling' more ebooks on Christmas Day than regular books. Apparently most of those 'purchased' books were freebies, which dominate the Kindle's top 100. Which makes the whole story a big fib in the first place. People were just testing their Kindles out with stuff that didn't cost them anything.
It's PR fluff. Just as the Kindle outselling everything else is PR fluff. Amazon are the only ones who keep releasing "information" about the success of the Kindle. So nothing to really compare it to.

Press releases are usually half truths at best. And very misleading in general.
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