[A2k] Hugh McGuire: 40,000 E-Books a Day

[Manon Ress]

The lexcycle demo is great: http://balance.lexcycle.com
Free books on top of the menu.
Manon

Hugh McGuire Novenber 21, 2008 in HuffPo

40,000-a-day. That's how many e-books are getting downloaded through
Stanza, the simple e-book platform for the iPhone/iPod. I've got 35 of
them sitting on my iPod. All of them free, public domain or creative
commons, and DRM-free.

40,000-a-day. If you are a publisher, think long and hard about that
number.

The reason I have 35 books downloaded onto my Stanza is: a) it is
easy, b) it is free.

What does this mean for your business model? I don't know, but I
assure you that when I finish War & Peace, I'll be buying a hard copy.
And I also assure you: I love reading on that little thing.

 From GalleyCat:

     Lexcycle, creators of the popular Stanza digital reader for
mobile phones, announced today that their application has been
downloaded 500,000 times -- reaching a vast readership in four months.

     The application allows users to read books on the iPhone and iPod
Touch, offering free downloads of titles that range from The Prince to
Moby Dick. From the release: "Each day, over 40,000 books are
downloaded wirelessly from Stanza's Online Catalog, which offers a
wide range of free books and periodical content from a variety of
sources in more than 20 languages." [more...]


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hugh-mcguire/40000-e-books-a-day_b_145226.html


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