A later Author Earnings update of these data shows that taken all together, Amazon accounts for more than 80 % of English -
language ebook purchases.
Amazon accounts for more than 80 % of English -
language ebook purchases.
Not exact matches
As with the English editions, customers from the Amazon online stores in these foreign
language markets can click on Amazon.it, for example, in order to
purchase the Harry Potter
ebooks and then be redirected to Pottermore.com for the
purchase.
I chose to
purchase eBooks from Kobo because they were far better at international expansion and having
eBooks in a variety of
languages.
Unfortunately, China is still a landscape that confounds publishers, despite the abundance of English -
language consumers who could presumably
purchase ebooks.
The Dutch launch is poised to offer customers in the Netherlands as well as surrounding areas that speak the
language a viable way to
purchase ebooks.
An author who establishes an English -
language version of his
ebook and makes it available to the major distributors is still only reaching readers who can feasibly
purchase and read the title in English, regardless of how far reaching the retailer is.
Customer hereby grants to BBS the non-exclusive, worldwide license to print, publish, distribute, and sell the Book in print and
eBook form (if Customer requests and
purchases separate
eBook layout) in the English
language on behalf of Customer.
With more than 30 percent of customers
purchasing eBooks in two or more
languages, the market continues to embrace Kobo's international catalogue including one of the largest and rapidly growing selections of German
eBooks.