Effect of Kindle on Sony's Content Offerings - Page 16

vivaldirules · 12-23-2008, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

I still don't understand the disparity between Amazon's and Sony's numbers. I don't think I've found a single ebook on amazon I couldn't find on Sony.

I'm happy to hear that. That's not been my experience at all. I'm constantly finding books I want to read that Amazon sells for the Kindle but which aren't for sale by Sony.

lilac_jive · 12-23-2008, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I'm happy to hear that. That's not been my experience at all. I'm constantly finding books I want to read that Amazon sells for the Kindle but which aren't for sale by Sony.

Ahh so it does happen. Sorry to hear that

What haven't you found (like a genre)

vivaldirules · 12-23-2008, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Ahh so it does happen. Sorry to hear that

What haven't you found (like a genre)

I'm interested in both fiction and nonfiction titles of various types. My experience is that if a book is a bestseller then it's probably available by both Amazon and Sony. But I'm not often interested in those titles, unfortunately.

girlperson1 · 12-24-2008, 08:20 PM

I actually sat down and did a count for each category at the Sony store. Here's what I came up with:

Art & Architecture 370
Biography 3,131
Business 4,443
Children 2,278
Computer 845
Cooking 260
Drama 183
Education 1,883
Entertainment 1,123
Family & Relationships 932
Fiction & Literature 13,270
Health, mind & Body 1,760
History 4,340
Home & Garden 194
Horror 809
Law 595
Manga & Graphic Novels 87
Medical 1,502
Music 342
Mystery & Thrillers 5,366
Philosophy 2,176
Poetry 235
Politics & Government 2,266
Psychology 596
Reference 1,842
Religion 2,412
Romance 7,531
Science & Nature 2,815
Science Fiction & Fantasy 3,412
Self Help & Improvement 1,924
Short Stories 2,387
Social Sciences 5,207
Sports & Games 716
Travel 700

Assuming I've typed them all correctly, it should total 77,932.

pilotbob · 12-24-2008, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by girlperson1

Assuming I've typed them all correctly, it should total 77,932.

They have 7 days to get another 22068 added to meet their "100,000 by end of year" announcement.

BOb

MarciaCat · 12-25-2008, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

They have 7 days to get another 22068 added to meet their "100,000 by end of year" announcement.

BOb

I won't hold my beath on that happening!

vivaldirules · 12-25-2008, 07:19 AM

You'll see that there are thousands of books that are listed more than once in that list. Sony hasn't added a lot of books recently. They've simply listed many of their Romance novels, for example, also in the Fiction category. So find a book in the Romance section and then go to the Fiction section and you'll probably find it listed there, too, and perhaps elsewhere. Of course, that makes perfectly good sense. But it completely foils any good attempt to track how many new books they're adding. The actual total of separate titles that Sony is selling today is much closer to 57,000. In which case they are still 43,000 ebooks away from fulfilling their promised 100,000 titles by next week.

vivaldirules · 12-31-2008, 08:37 PM

In early October, Sony made a public promise to attempt to reach 100,000 titles for sale at their ebook store by the end of the year. Today, they are far short of that goal. In the past two weeks Sony have added about 2000 new titles (a 3.7% increase) and now have about 58,700 ebooks for sale for the Readers. (Note again that previous totals for Sony that I listed in this thread before Nov., 2008 included the sum of books in all categories which included roughly 3500 double-counts). They have added an average of about 90 new ebooks per day to their store since Sept., 2007.

In the same period Amazon have added approximately 4500 new titles (a 2.1% increase) and now have about 218,000 ebooks for sale for the Kindle with an average of 317 new ebooks per day added to their offerings since Nov., 2007.

I've posted biweekly information here for over a year and there's been no significant change in the trend at Sony since Sept., 2007. So I'm going to suspend keeping this up for now and find something more productive to do with my time - like read!

desertgrandma · 12-31-2008, 09:02 PM

Thank you for your time and effort, V!

lilac_jive · 12-31-2008, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

In early October, Sony made a public promise to attempt to reach 100,000 titles for sale at their ebook store by the end of the year. Today, they are far short of that goal. In the past two weeks Sony have added about 2000 new titles (a 3.7% increase) and now have about 58,700 ebooks for sale for the Readers. (Note again that previous totals for Sony that I listed in this thread before Nov., 2008 included the sum of books in all categories which included roughly 3500 double-counts). They have added an average of about 90 new ebooks per day to their store since Sept., 2007.

In the same period Amazon have added approximately 4500 new titles (a 2.1% increase) and now have about 218,000 ebooks for sale for the Kindle with an average of 317 new ebooks per day added to their offerings since Nov., 2007.

I've posted biweekly information here for over a year and there's been no significant change in the trend at Sony since Sept., 2007. So I'm going to suspend keeping this up for now and find something more productive to do with my time - like read!

No one can blame you

Thanks for keeping this up for so long!

pwalker8 · 01-01-2009, 09:18 AM

Yes, thanks for keeping up with that.

alll87 · 01-02-2009, 07:13 AM

I gonna buy this after I got my wages this week ! yay...

girlperson1 · 01-22-2009, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by girlperson1

I actually sat down and did a count for each category at the Sony store. Here's what I came up with:

Art & Architecture 370
Biography 3,131
Business 4,443
Children 2,278
Computer 845
Cooking 260
Drama 183
Education 1,883
Entertainment 1,123
Family & Relationships 932
Fiction & Literature 13,270
Health, mind & Body 1,760
History 4,340
Home & Garden 194
Horror 809
Law 595
Manga & Graphic Novels 87
Medical 1,502
Music 342
Mystery & Thrillers 5,366
Philosophy 2,176
Poetry 235
Politics & Government 2,266
Psychology 596
Reference 1,842
Religion 2,412
Romance 7,531
Science & Nature 2,815
Science Fiction & Fantasy 3,412
Self Help & Improvement 1,924
Short Stories 2,387
Social Sciences 5,207
Sports & Games 716
Travel 700

Assuming I've typed them all correctly, it should total 77,932.

I just did a new audit of all the above categories at the Sony Ebook site and here are the updated numbers:

Art & Architecture 370 - 388 18
Biography 3,131 - 3,425 294
Business 4,443 - 4,569 126
Children 2,278 - 2,788 510
Computer 845 - 950 105
Cooking 260 - 304 44
Drama 183 - 290 107
Education 1,883 - 1,931 48
Entertainment 1,123 - 1,193 70
Family & Relationships 932 - 1,000 68
Fiction & Literature 13,270 - 15,938 2,668
Health, mind & Body 1,760 - 1,908 148
History 4,340 - 4,981 641
Home & Garden 194 - 229 35
Horror 809 - 845 36
Law 595 - 1,152 557
Manga & Graphic Novels 87 - 97 10
Medical 1,502 - 1,614 112
Music 342 - 354 12
Mystery & Thrillers 5,366 - 5,640 274
Philosophy 2,176 - 2,348 174
Poetry 235 - 404 169
Politics & Government 2,266 - 2,395 129
Psychology 596 - 630 34
Reference 1,842 - 1,921 79
Religion 2,412 - 2,656 244
Romance 7,531 - 7,917 386
Science & Nature 2,815 - 3,017 202
Science Fiction & Fantasy 3,412 - 3,575 163
Self Help & Improvement 1,924 - 2,043 119
Short Stories 2,387 - 2,508 121
Social Sciences 5,207 - 5,448 241
Sports & Games 716 - 741 25
Travel 700 - 801 101

Additional book total: 8,070

Previous book total: 77,932

New Grand Total: 86,002

(The columns don't like lining up but you'll get the idea)

Curly · 01-23-2009, 01:49 AM

Hmmm, they haven't managed the 100,000 have they?!

Thanks for keeping us posted.

vivaldirules · 01-30-2009, 09:34 AM

I took a peek (I couldn't help myself) and I see that Sony has added about 5000 new titles in the last month bringing their total of distinct titles to about 63,700. That rate of adding titles is a bit higher than their average rate for the past year and a half but the total available is still very far from the 100,000+ that was promised (back in early October) by this time. Amazon continues to add new titles at a much higher rate than Sony and is on track to reach a quarter million titles for the Kindle (including books, newspapers, and blogs) in a couple of months.

12-24-2008, 08:20 PM	#229
girlperson1 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 34 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony 505	Actual Count from Sony Store. I actually sat down and did a count for each category at the Sony store. Here's what I came up with: Art & Architecture 370 Biography 3,131 Business 4,443 Children 2,278 Computer 845 Cooking 260 Drama 183 Education 1,883 Entertainment 1,123 Family & Relationships 932 Fiction & Literature 13,270 Health, mind & Body 1,760 History 4,340 Home & Garden 194 Horror 809 Law 595 Manga & Graphic Novels 87 Medical 1,502 Music 342 Mystery & Thrillers 5,366 Philosophy 2,176 Poetry 235 Politics & Government 2,266 Psychology 596 Reference 1,842 Religion 2,412 Romance 7,531 Science & Nature 2,815 Science Fiction & Fantasy 3,412 Self Help & Improvement 1,924 Short Stories 2,387 Social Sciences 5,207 Sports & Games 716 Travel 700 Assuming I've typed them all correctly, it should total 77,932.

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12-25-2008, 07:19 AM	#232
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	You'll see that there are thousands of books that are listed more than once in that list. Sony hasn't added a lot of books recently. They've simply listed many of their Romance novels, for example, also in the Fiction category. So find a book in the Romance section and then go to the Fiction section and you'll probably find it listed there, too, and perhaps elsewhere. Of course, that makes perfectly good sense. But it completely foils any good attempt to track how many new books they're adding. The actual total of separate titles that Sony is selling today is much closer to 57,000. In which case they are still 43,000 ebooks away from fulfilling their promised 100,000 titles by next week.

12-31-2008, 08:37 PM	#233
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	In early October, Sony made a public promise to attempt to reach 100,000 titles for sale at their ebook store by the end of the year. Today, they are far short of that goal. In the past two weeks Sony have added about 2000 new titles (a 3.7% increase) and now have about 58,700 ebooks for sale for the Readers. (Note again that previous totals for Sony that I listed in this thread before Nov., 2008 included the sum of books in all categories which included roughly 3500 double-counts). They have added an average of about 90 new ebooks per day to their store since Sept., 2007. In the same period Amazon have added approximately 4500 new titles (a 2.1% increase) and now have about 218,000 ebooks for sale for the Kindle with an average of 317 new ebooks per day added to their offerings since Nov., 2007. I've posted biweekly information here for over a year and there's been no significant change in the trend at Sony since Sept., 2007. So I'm going to suspend keeping this up for now and find something more productive to do with my time - like read!

12-31-2008, 09:02 PM	#234
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462841 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Thank you for your time and effort, V!

01-01-2009, 09:18 AM	#236
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,195 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	Yes, thanks for keeping up with that.

01-02-2009, 07:13 AM	#237
alll87 Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: none	I gonna buy this after I got my wages this week ! yay...

01-23-2009, 01:49 AM	#239
Curly I need a holiday! Posts: 1,227 Karma: 4622 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Scotland Device: PRS-505, ipod touch	Hmmm, they haven't managed the 100,000 have they?! Thanks for keeping us posted.

01-30-2009, 09:34 AM	#240
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	I took a peek (I couldn't help myself) and I see that Sony has added about 5000 new titles in the last month bringing their total of distinct titles to about 63,700. That rate of adding titles is a bit higher than their average rate for the past year and a half but the total available is still very far from the 100,000+ that was promised (back in early October) by this time. Amazon continues to add new titles at a much higher rate than Sony and is on track to reach a quarter million titles for the Kindle (including books, newspapers, and blogs) in a couple of months.

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