Tag: amazon

  • Book Prices

    Book Prices

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe default action for many is to think "I want to buy this book" and they automatically either buy a physical copy because they love physical books, or they buy an e-book. The default is almost always Kindle and Amazon because of its market dominance. I was shopping for The Night Train…

  • Amazon Kindle and Book Downloads

    Amazon Kindle and Book Downloads

    Reading Time: 3 minutesSome people are saying “Rush to download your Kindle Books because after the 26th of February you won’t be able to. My reaction is both neutral and to some degree indifferent. For me Amazon is destroying the reason for which people would buy from Kindle rather than other book sellers, but more…

  • Reading Streaks

    Reading Streaks

    Reading Time: 3 minutesI read using the Kindle App, with a specific account for over one hundred days before making the mistake of logging in with a different account, and moving the primary account to an older phone. I lost my streak and now I feel free. Reading streaks are fantastic when the numbers are…

  • Audible books and Kindle Unlimited

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year I have set myself the goal of reading 30 books. I am currently on track to reaching that goal. Most of my reading material comes from two sources. Audible.com and amazon.de. What I like about reading books via Audible.com is the freedom it gives me to do something at the same time…

  • Why the bookshop survives whilst the record shop disappears

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhilst reading an article about the music and book industry I was surprised by what was written. They say that the music industry and the record shops were expected to survive the digital revolution whilst the bookshop was expected to die with the advent of sites like amazon. There is one…