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

[Robert Balliot]

Yes, using the Kindle Popular Classics search in the US:

http://www.amazon.com/s/?node=2245146011

Henrik Ibsen's Ghost is available for free:

http://amzn.to/hnKUCa

It seems that the price difference may be the result of
international copyright<http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/copyright/internationalcopyright/index.cfm>restrictions
/ treaties.

R. Balliot
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm




On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Anders Ericson <
anders.ericson at norskbibliotekforening.no> wrote:

> Thanks, that was very useful. And your link, Robert, also presents 1,8
> million "free classics and out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books, as well
> as limited-time free promotional ebooks available for Kindle".  It
> says "free", but when I search that particular base for Ibsen Ghosts,
> even that will cost $2. Is this the same in the US?
>
> Anders
>
> 2011/1/29 Robert Balliot <rballiot at gmail.com>:
>  > 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?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Hilsen
> >> Anders Ericson
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> >>
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>  Hilsen
> Anders Ericson
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