Amazon China issued a new report and surveyed 14,000 people to look into their reading habits. It found that almost half read at least ten books a year and a whopping 80% read more than thirty minutes per day. Chinese readers are fairly agnostic when it comes to reading digital and print. The report found that 55% read Kindle books or buy print books online. A paltry 19% … [Read more...] about Amazon China issues new reading report
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Amazon Opens Online Marketplace in China via Alibaba
Amazon has been trying to be a major player in the Chinese e-commerce scene but the response has been tepid. This has prompted Amazon to open up an online shopping system with Alibaba's Tmall. Amazon is used to charging its marketplace sellers 20 to 30% for each transaction. The deal with Alibaba only has them paying 5% for each sale on products such as candy, clothes, … [Read more...] about Amazon Opens Online Marketplace in China via Alibaba
Amazon Kindle Pleasure Reading House Opens in China
Amazon has opened their first the Kindle Pleasure Reading House in Shanghai, China. This is a temporary autonomous pop up store that will be open from July 18 to July 20th and then August 1-3 in Beijing. The premise of the new Reading House in China is to draw attention to their complete lineup of Kindle e-readers and Fire tablets. They also installed two machines that will … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Pleasure Reading House Opens in China
China Emerging as a Major Digital Publishing Market
At many of the recent digital publishing and ebook events, a lot of the presentations and panel discussions focused on globalization, or the ability to put ebooks in front of any person on the planet via a variety of devices or methods. This focus on expanding the digital publishing market into untapped readerships isn't simply good business practice for the retailers and … [Read more...] about China Emerging as a Major Digital Publishing Market
Amazon Begins selling eBooks in China
Amazon has announced today that they are launching the Google Android and iOS versions of their reading apps in China. They have also are selling localized versions of eBooks in that country as well. The Seattle company has been making in-roads in Asia for most of the year. They recently opened up shop in Japan and India. Penetrating one of the world's largest markets could … [Read more...] about Amazon Begins selling eBooks in China
Amazon in Discussions to Bring e-Readers to China
Amazon is in talks with various Chinese regulator bodies about bringing their latest generation e-readers to one of the worlds largest markets. Amazon's Senior Vice President Marc Onetto told Sohu IT in an interview on Thursday that the firm's Kindle products are still under discussion with regulators over copyright issues. "We hope to launch products in China that are … [Read more...] about Amazon in Discussions to Bring e-Readers to China