The take homes from this survey might not be hugely unexpected but the figures are most definitely worth studying (though
the calculation of the number of books being read in the KU programme that they begin with seems to fail to account for the difference between the way numbers of pages are counted in print books and on Kindle, which makes one wonder a little).
Not exact matches
We may be tempted to leave out Philemon because it is so badly attested in the second century and because debates later arose about its inspiration; but we must finally — after all these
calculations — remember that if the scribe wrongly calculated the
number of pages for his
book he could glue on others at the end.
Let's just establish up front that, in the long run, the most important Kindle sales
numbers involve
calculations of how many Kindle
books — or any other e-
books, for that matter ---LSB-...]
Barnes and Noble boasts a library
of over 1 million
books, but after a few simple
calculations it appears that a more accurate
number would be around 117,000, the rest are free and are generally available from multiple sources.
Let's just establish up front that, in the long run, the most important Kindle sales
numbers involve
calculations of how many Kindle
books — or any other e-
books, for that matter — are being purchased and downloaded.
If the enormous
number of such
books was removed from the
calculation, I'm betting the average per -
book sales figure would be quite a bit higher.
More importantly, with each
of our reports we also provide a public link to the full raw data set as a 120,000 - line spreadsheet, showing all
books and
calculations the report
numbers are based on.
When the Hilton
booking engine determines the
number of HHonors points required to
book a premium room award night, it applies a mechanical
calculation, multiplying the revenue cost
of the room by a constant HHonors point valuation to arrive at a total cost in HHonors points.