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'Fifty Shades of Grey' [50SHD] - Best selling Ebook on Kindle Ever
itsonlyinternet
Jun 27, 12:21
"in the U.K.". Also, the Kindle has only been around for like 5 years and been widespread in the market for even less time than that.
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BionicMoron
Jun 27, 12:24
The book is also the top in the US as well. E-books also now outsell traditional bound books and have for a while now.
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mrbeankc
Jun 27, 13:26
There's no argueing it is hugely popular, however, claiming it is the best selling title ever on a particular device is dubious when
BionicMoron
Jun 27, 13:38
The age of the device is somewhat irrelevant given its current market share, and it doesn't marginalize the success of this title
itsonlyinternet
Jun 27, 14:43
So in short you are discounting the fact that it's the best selling book in the last 5 years for no rational reason.
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mrbeankc
Jun 27, 17:29
Is it the best selling book of the last 5 years?
BionicMoron
Jun 27, 17:49
So your basic arguement is that e-books don't count in terms of sales. Ok.
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mrbeankc
Jun 27, 21:32
Your initial response was that the book was only the top seller in the UK and that e-books were only a small part of the market. Both are
mrbeankc
Jun 27, 21:40
Are you sure you know how to read? I haven't said anything remotely like that.
BionicMoron
Jun 28, 04:51
Not surprised. They need to get this movie into production yesterday.
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MiyazakiFan
Jun 27, 14:50