Saturday, December 3, 2016

Five years of Kindle in Italy: Milan is the city that loves more … – Corriere della Sera

Milan December 2, 2016 – 12:49

From the best-selling books to the Regions where e-books are most appreciated, everything that there is to know on the fifth birthday of the reader of electronic books of Amazon

the Italian debut of The eBook reader of Amazon, the Kindle, is which occurred on the 1 December 2011. Five years later, the number of italians who have learned to appreciate the pleasure of reading in a new way has grown: according to Istat, in 2015 4,687 million italians read at least one eBook. And 6 percent of those who do not have books in the home declares to have read at least one in digital format. More players also means more ebooks, and in fact, in these five years, the selection of electronic books on the Kindle Store, the virtual store of Amazon, is fivefold, going from 1 million to 5 million titles. Those in Italian are 180 thousand: in 2011, there were 29.0000.

At the beginning the idea of reading giving up the paper it seemed strange to many. And certainly there are still those who prefer the dear old book, and everything. But the convenience of the eBook reader has convinced many italians, the idea of having dozens of books concentrated in a few grams especially like to those who travel a lot or use public transportation. And then there is the price of the eBook, the lowest of fees on paper. Result? The Kindle Paperwhite, launched in 2013, is often on the top of the list of devices of electronics sold on Amazon.en.

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Friday, December 2, 2016

5 years of the Kindle: the girl on The train ebook best-selling and Milan in … – artists were asked.it

On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the launch of the Kindle eReader and the opening of the Kindle Store on Amazon.it, Amazon track the map of the consumption of ebooks in the Country. The selection of ebooks on the Kindle Store is fivefold, going from 1 million to 5 million titles. Among them, the ones in Italian are passed by the 16,000 at the time of the opening to the 180,000 current. the Andrea Camilleri is the Italian author who has sold more than any other. the Elena Ferrante the author best-selling. If Milan, Trento and Verona are the cities who have read of more in digital at the regional level, the Valle D’aosta came in first place for the purchase of the eB ook, followed by Lombardy and Liguria.

Looking at the rankings yearly, and in 2012, the bestseller has been Fifty shades of grey of E. L. James; in 2013, Hell Dan Brown has conquered the top of the leaderboard while in 2014, the head of the list was Before we say goodbye di Giulia Beyman; in 2015, the palm and the title of the most sold went to the girl on The train Paula Hawkins, and in the course of 2016, the bestseller has been The aroma of the tea leaves of Dinah Jefferies.

The Italian authors most beloved by readers the Kindle are: Andrea Camilleri, the Italian author who has sold more, Elena Ferrante, the author of the Italian most read; both writers prolific and successful, whose books, with their stories and characters (especially the series of Montalbano, created by Camilleri and the cycle is The Friend of genius Elena Ferrante) have been among the most sold in the past five years. The author of the bestseller, self-published with Kindle Direct Publishing is Giulia Beyman, creator of the highly successful books mystery of the series dedicated to Nora Cooper.

From the analysis of the Kindle eBook bought in 5 years on Amazon.en, the girl on The train Paula Hawkins appears to be the runaway bestseller, followed by the Fifty shades of grey E. L. James A family almost perfect by Jane Shemilt. Close out the top 5 scent of tea leaf, of Dinah Jefferies and Hell Dan Brown

The ranking of the regions with the highest rate of purchase per capita of ebooks between 2011 and 2016 sees a spread of digital reading, especially in the North and Center of Italy. In the first place attests to the Valle d’aosta, followed by Lombardy, Liguria, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino Alto Adige. Follow Piedmont (6a) and Lazio (7a), the Veneto region, instead, hold on the 8th place, the island of Sardinia on the 9th and Tuscany to 10°.

by Analyzing the acquisition per capita of the ebooks in the cities above 100,000 inhabitants, Milan is the head, followed by Trieste, Padua, Bologna, Florence, Turin, Rome, Genoa, Verona and Brescia, and Venice stood at 14° and Naples in the 19th.

Rome, climb the leaderboard in the top 10 of all the cities that are most purchased Kindle eReader: it is third behind Milan and Padua, and above Trieste, and Bologna.

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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.

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5 years of the Kindle: the girl on The train ebook best-selling and Milan top – artists were asked.it

On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the launch of the Kindle eReader and the opening of the Kindle Store on Amazon.it, Amazon track the map of the consumption of ebooks in the Country. The selection of ebooks on the Kindle Store is fivefold, going from 1 million to 5 million titles. Among them, the ones in Italian are passed by the 16,000 at the time of the opening to the 180,000 current. the Andrea Camilleri is the Italian author who has sold more than any other. the Elena Ferrante the author best-selling. If Milan, Trento and Verona are the cities who have read of more in digital at the regional level, the Valle D’aosta came in first place for the purchase of the eBook , followed by Lombardy and Liguria.

Looking at the rankings yearly, and in 2012, the bestseller has been Fifty shades of grey of E. L. James; in 2013, Hell Dan Brown has conquered the top of the leaderboard while in 2014, the head of the list was Before we say goodbye di Giulia Beyman; in 2015, the palm and the title of the most sold went to the girl on The train Paula Hawkins, and in the course of 2016, the bestseller has been The aroma of the tea leaves of Dinah Jefferies.

The Italian authors most beloved by readers the Kindle are: Andrea Camilleri, the Italian author who has sold more, Elena Ferrante, the author of the Italian most read; both writers prolific and successful, whose books, with their stories and characters (especially the series of Montalbano, created by Camilleri and the cycle is The Friend of genius Elena Ferrante) have been among the most sold in the past five years. The author of the bestseller, self-published with Kindle Direct Publishing is Giulia Beyman, creator of the highly successful books mystery of the series dedicated to Nora Cooper.

From the analysis of the Kindle eBook bought in 5 years on Amazon.en, the girl on The train Paula Hawkins appears to be the runaway bestseller, followed by the Fifty shades of grey E. L. James A family almost perfect by Jane Shemilt. Close out the top 5 scent of tea leaf, of Dinah Jefferies and Hell Dan Brown

The ranking of the regions with the highest rate of purchase per capita of ebooks between 2011 and 2016 sees a spread of digital reading, especially in the North and Center of Italy. In the first place attests to the Valle d’aosta, followed by Lombardy, Liguria, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino Alto Adige. Follow Piedmont (6a) and Lazio (7a), the Veneto region, instead, hold on the 8th place, the island of Sardinia on the 9th and Tuscany to 10°.

by Analyzing the acquisition per capita of the ebooks in the cities above 100,000 inhabitants, Milan is the head, followed by Trieste, Padua, Bologna, Florence, Turin, Rome, Genoa, Verona and Brescia, and Venice stood at 14° and Naples in the 19th.

Rome, climb the leaderboard in the top 10 of all the cities that are most purchased Kindle eReader: it is third behind Milan and Padua, and above Trieste, and Bologna.

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Amazon: 5 years of Kindle in Italy – Data manager online

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The e-book most sold in the first five years of Kindle in Italy – Booksblog.en (Blog)

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Kindle, the device from Amazon for reading book, arrived in Italy five years ago and today, remembering the anniversary, has decided to offer its bestseller at a special price starting from euro 0.99.

The anniversary is the occasion to make the point on those that were e-books sold by Amazon, in this first five years of the'e-reader in our Country.

2016: < / em>the scent of The tea leaves of Dinah Jeffries
2015: the girl on The train by Paula Hawkins
2014: < / em>Before we say goodbye of Giulia Beyman
2013: Hell by Dan Brown
2012: Fifty shades of grey by E. L. James

From the point of view of the geographical distribution of the buyers, the ranking of the regions with the highest rate of purchase per capita of ebooks between 2011 and 2016 sees the Aosta Valley, followed by Lombardy and Liguria, then a North West that dominates the field.

Among the city with more than 100 thousand inhabitants guide Milan, followed by Trieste, Padua, Bologna, Florence, Turin, Rome and Genoa.

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Thursday, December 1, 2016

Amazon’s Kindle, offers books, best selling ebooks from 0,99€ for the 5 year anniversary [UPDATE] – International Business Times Italia

Amazon Kindle celebrates 5 years in Italy. It was 1st December 2011, the day the device by Amazon for reading ebooks and the Kindle Store made their debut in Italy. From that moment l'offer is an eBook in Italian about the Kindle Store is more than tenfold, and the Kindle Paperwhite is among the electronics devices sold on Amazon.

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Amazon says to continuously support the content creators to maximize their success. With the launch of the Kindle Store in 2011, Amazon introduced Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), with which thousands of Italian authors are already taking advantage of the publication of their books worldwide on the Kindle Store and earn up to 70% of the selling rights. Today, more than 20% of the 100 Kindle books most sold weekly in Italy are published by independent authors.

To celebrate this anniversary, the ecommerce has made a selection of best-selling books in the last 5 years at a discount. On the 1st of December there are discounts for the 22 titles on offer, starting from 0,99 euro, while from 2 to 4 December there will be discounts on a 17-year Amazon Publishing. the Here’s the selection of ebooks in the list, just click on the title to find out the price on offer:

- the scent of The tea leaves of Dinah Jefferies

- The girl in the mist of Donato Carrisi

- the girl on The train Paula Hawkins

- A family almost perfect Jane Shemilt

- 9 days Gilly Macmillan

- The magical power of the reorganization: The japanese method that will transform your spaces and your life of Marie Kondo

- Grey E L James, Eloisa Banfi

- The secrets of the father of Greg Iles

- I will have care of thee, of lord chesterfield

- Before we say goodbye to Giulia Beyman

- please let hate Anna Premoli

- The days of eternity by Ken Follett

- The goldfinch by Donna Tartt, Mirko Zilahi De’ Gyurgyokai

- Inferno (Omnibus) by Dan Brown

- The winter of the world: the Second Book of Ken Follett

- Imagine the crows of Luigi Sorrenti

- And the echo answered Khaled Hosseini

- Fifty shades of Grey (Omnibus) by E L James, T. Albanese

- Fifty shades of Black (Omnibus) by E L James, S. Zucca

- Fifty shades of Red (Omnibus) by E L James, E. Banfi

- The night shift do the stars, Erri De Luca

- 1Q84 – Book 1 and 2 : April – September of Murakami Haruki, Giorgio Amitrano

This article will be in the update until December 4, including the new ebooks offer.

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