[Web4lib] 100,000 titles less in Kindle store?

[Robert Balliot]

It is over 810,000 in the US - follow this link for availability by country:

http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reader-Wifi-Graphite/dp/B002Y27P3M/ref=amb_link_355171642_3/

Norway is about 560,000

R. Balliot
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com


On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Anders Ericson <
anders.ericson at norskbibliotekforening.no> wrote:

> The Amazon Kindle article of Wikipedia states that the store offered
> "more than 650,000 books" in June 2010
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle#Overview
>
> Today an open search (no search term) gives 562,549 hits
>
> Who can explain the difference?
>
> Publishers withdraw from the business?
> Sudden transfers to the new Google store?
>
>
>
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