Andre Yoskowitz
1 Jun 2008 14:00
Amazon has announced that it will be making 5,000 more books available for its popular e-reader device Kindle, adding to the already 120,000 downloadable titles available.
The new titles are available thanks to a recent deal struck by Amazon and the large book publisher Simon & Schuster.
At last week's BookExpo America convention, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos continued to praise the Kindle and the benefits of electronic books. "That's one of the great things about electronic books. They don't go out of stock." His statement came in response to the recently sold out title "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception." People want it, but it is sold out everywhere.
The Kindle was launched last November and now accounts for over 6 percent of the site’s total book sales. Amazon says it expects that number to increase significantly over the next few years.