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Originally Posted by kjk
How did they determine B&N was a distant second to Amazon, since Amazon won't release their numbers?
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Since they are at best a
distant second, B&N just needs to know who is third. There has been recent speculation that Apple has ~10% of the US ebook market, see
Apple has only 10% of ebook market, not 22%. So presumably B&N now has more than 10% of the market, and Apple is probably third. Don't forget that B&N includes FictionWise.
B&N are telling us this now, because Apple isn't going to stay at 10%. They could go down in the long term, but more likely Apple is going to get a larger share as iPad and iPhone owners buy more of their ebooks from Apple.