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Originally Posted by BVLarson
...But apple should beat amazon for
eye-ball counts by the end of year (Ipad vs. Kindle). So I guess it is worth
the effort to get up there early.[/URL]
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Seriously? Anyone with an iPad and the rest of the world can shop the Kindle store (and most others; I won't say all, as perhaps there is some other store that won't let you in without buying a proprietary $500+ hardware device, first.). No one can even look at the iBookstore without an iPad, to see that you exist.
Add in the censorship and arbitrariness of Apple and you don't have a very publishing friendly platform (to say nothing of the requirement to own a Mac in order to get your book into their store).
In 60 days, the average iPad owner bought 2.5 books (and probably two of those were free, since half the iBookstore is free titles, of the few that are there). I'd say a Kindle owner gets there in a half a day (and probably the same for any other ebook reader) and those who purchase from online stores average at least that a month (if not each week).