posted by admin on Jun 28
Buying Books Without Paper…..
It’s here, and it’s looking like a ‘keeper’. With sales of the new Amazon Kindle breaking all expectations, we had better get used to it.
About 6 months ago, Amazon released the first Kindle gadgets into the US market with a huge amount of doubt by reviewers – and others interested in the book industry – however it was all wrong and the Kindle is currently in high demand – so much so that supply cannot keep up with demand.
Buyers in the UK are trying to buy them online from the US, even though they are not yet 100% compatible here.
What is this New Invention?
This (not surprisingly) book sized hand held gadget can hold up to 200 ‘normal’ books at a time, and unlike conventional books – you can change the font size to suit your needs.
Sales of these ebooks (electronic books) have reached up to 6% of total book sales through Amazon, (according to many sources) with over 125,000 titles available to download at the moment – and another 5000 ready to access soon – it can only increase.
What’s the price?
Currently costing $359 a pop, the Kindle is fast becoming the new ‘must have’ gadget, and with ebooks at around $9.99 there is nothing to stop them becoming commonplace – apart from the fact you can’t actually get hold of one at the moment as they are so in demand – just like the Wii fiasco where if you got one it had to be locked in a safe and away from the kids!
The Kindle should be out in the UK sometime later this year they say………….
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