Kindle celebrates five years: that’s how the eBook helped the reading of The Paper

Kindle, device Amazon for reading ebooks, has celebrated the five years from his debut in Italy. An innovation that has increasingly taken over the field by increase the number of digital readers, especially in the north. The geography of the purchase of ebooks is headed to the Valle d’aosta, followed by Lombardy and Liguria, while Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino Alto Adige are respectively the fourth and fifth position. As to the cities, Milan is in the first line, then there is Trieste, Padua, Bologna and Florence.

The anthology of interest is virtually endless; starting from the beginning, in the wake of the refinement the first eBook in Italian, sold on the Kindle Store, is The world as will and representation Arthur Schopenhauer. The books available today, quadrupled compared to the launch, five million, of which well 180 thousand in Italian. And to celebrate the five candles are several of the titles of Amazon Publishing in the promotion between today and Sunday.

We of the Paper we have the notebook open, and a high index of responsiveness on the mouse. A good idea is to copy from the rankings on an annual basis. Ok, it will not meet all tastes, but numbers are numbers. In 2012, the bestseller was the Fifty shades of Grey by E. L. James, in 2013 Hell Dan Brown, while in 2014 he won Before we say goodbye Giulia Beyman; in 2015 successful first place for the girl on The train Paula Hawkins (by the way: someo ne in the newsroom and well advised in the film adaptation of Tate Taylor), this year, the palm belongs to the scent of The tea leaves Dinah Jefferies. Someone else – it says the sin but not the sinner – was delighted with A family almost perfect Jane Shemilt.

Among the Italian authors, a great success for Andrea Camilleri and Elena Ferrante. Tips scattered: The other end of the line, because Montalbano never betrays, and if The friend brilliant. Finally a couple of goodies, the fruit tastes of very personal and therefore unchallengeable: Journey to the end of the night, a masterpiece of Louis-Ferdinand Céline, and the indisputable american Lessons Italo Calvino.