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Old 09-09-2010, 08:55 PM   #1
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Please Explain Statement from Sony UK
This was posted at thebookseller.com recently. I find this last statement by Mr Gurnah rather strange and, perhaps, inaccurate.

http://www.thebookseller.com/news/12...in-europe.html


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Speaking at a launch event Omar Gurnah, Reader category manager for Sony UK told The Bookseller: "We're not worried about the Kindle in Europe, and in the UK specifically ... We did extensive consumer research about wireless technology, which the Kindle does offer, but the response was that UK customers didn't want it. They would rather have a greater access to books. If you take a random look at the top twenty e-books for example, only nine of them will ever be available on the Kindle."
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Old 09-09-2010, 09:21 PM   #2
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This was posted at thebookseller.com recently. I find this last statement by Mr Gurnah rather strange and, perhaps, inaccurate.

http://www.thebookseller.com/news/12...in-europe.html
That sounds like corporate-speak for, "of the top 20 bestselling ebooks in our store, we have exclusive contracts for 11."

'Cos I bet he's not talking about bootleg Harry Potter ebooks.
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Old 09-09-2010, 10:14 PM   #3
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Yah, I wondered about that ... ut it said FAR more about the corporate mind-set and that's pretty scary.
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I wouldn't be surprised if the top twenty best-selling ebooks globally weren't all on the Kindle - purely in terms of market share.

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