Amazon’s Kindle reached a momentous milestone Tuesday as it surpassed the 100 million mark for exclusive titles purchased, downloaded and borrowed, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Amazon’s Prime members can borrow many of these digital pages for free as often as once a month with no due date, though they pay a fee for the privilege.
Thousands picked up E.L. James’ 50 Shades of Grey, boosting Kindle rental and purchasing numbers along with tales like Debora Geary’s A Modern Witch and Our Husband by Stephanie Bond.
What’s next?
Although the Kindle faces fierce competition from other tablets like Apple’s iPad, a tablet that commands 70 percent of the market, signs point to a sea change coming for the company during a September 6 event.
Though the company has offered few details besides a date and location, our best guess is the Amazon will announce the Kindle Fire 2 and other iterations of the popular e-readers then.
By other iterations we think we could see at least a new 7-inch tab and perhaps even a larger 10-inch device debuted at the Santa Monica, Calif. event.
If so, Amazon may enjoy many more rented and purchased titles.
Source: http://www.techradar.com/news/portable-devices/amazon-kindle-exclusive-books-top-100-million-buys-and-rentals-1094028
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