4 ms·
12 free books a year say at average cost of $10 is still $120 of added value to a Prime subscription.
by res0nat0r 15y ago
12 free books a year say at average cost of $10 is still $120 of added value to a Prime subscription.
- sliverstorm 15y agoPlus that's still more books than the average American reads every year.
- jamesaguilar 15y agoI'd wager the average Kindle owner is not the same as the average American in this regard.
- baddox 15y agoWhat makes you think that? With the low price of the Kindle, I could see even very casual readers picking one up and not using it much.
- xyzzyz 15y agoAverage American is not even a casual reader.
- baddox 15y agoDoes anyone have any real data about the reading habits of the "average American?" I know several people, including my parents, that read many books a year but do not have Kindles. I also know several people who own Kindles but do not read many books a year.
- xyzzyz 15y agoConsistently, quarter of Americans claim not to have read any books in the year preceding the poll. My guess is that a real percentage of people who do not read books is in 35-45% range -- admitting not to read books is kind of shameful in western culture.
- gallamine 15y agoThis article (from 2007) indicates that ~25% didn't read any, while the rest read a median of 9 books each/year. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/21/AR2007082101045_pf.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08...
- alttag 15y ago... but not more books than I read in a year. The problem with that stat is that it includes the great number of people who read zero books in a year, which skews the average pretty significantly.