Amazon began selling books in 1995, Kindle digital books are more popular 16 years later than their cronies printed paper (hard and soft covers combined).
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, said he thought it would happen eventually but he could not imagine the transition as quickly as it did only four years since the Kindle service is running.
The special offer at $ 114 for the Kindle topped with special offers is apparently a great success, helping to spread the Kindle e-reader as number one in the world and the Kindle Store platform as the most popular on the Web for selling e-books.
Special Offer Kindle $ 114
Among the key dates for Kindle, Amazon's press release notes:
* Since April 1, 105 pounds Kindle sold for 100 printed books.
* The continual increase in book sales, combined with soaring sales of Kindle books version, has led the largest annual growth in the history of Amazon.
* The special offer at $ 114 has become the best selling category Kindle since its introduction five weeks ago.
* Amazon has already sold three times as many Kindle books in 2011 for all of 2010.
The U.S. Kindle Store offers more than 950 000 references, of which over 790,000 are offered a price below $ 9.99. More than 175 000 books were added to the catalog within five months. In addition, millions of books are completely free with some free copies, or rights prior to 1923.
Of course, the books in Kindle version is compatible with most digital devices such as the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac, PC, HP TouchPad, the BlackBerry phones with Windows Mobile or Android.
A book bought on Amazon Kindle version is automatically saved in your account, for free download at will.
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