Comments on: Amazon launches standalone Kindle Store in India http://paidcontent.org/2012/08/22/amazon-launches-standalone-kindle-store-in-india/ The economics of digital content Sat, 18 May 2013 13:43:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: saswata http://paidcontent.org/2012/08/22/amazon-launches-standalone-kindle-store-in-india/#comment-135793 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 08:57:19 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=216758#comment-135793 Jeremy and Shashak are right !!
No way 24% of indians with internet access are buying ebooks.
We dont even sell that many physical books. LOL

Another problem is that the price of ebooks is very high in india, its cheaper to buy physical books, which can then be shared among people.

I have 45 people working in office, each of them have personal internet access at home. None of them have EVER bought an ebook (checked with them). I have friends all over the country, in various segments of the society who have internet access. And those who have bought e-books can be counted on finger.

Even IPad users in India rarely buy ebooks

]]> By: Roy Niles http://paidcontent.org/2012/08/22/amazon-launches-standalone-kindle-store-in-india/#comment-133714 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:18:42 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=216758#comment-133714 Now those in India can buy my kindle book, The Strategic Intelligence of Trust.

]]> By: shashank http://paidcontent.org/2012/08/22/amazon-launches-standalone-kindle-store-in-india/#comment-133042 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:43:24 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=216758#comment-133042 Jeremy is absolutely right: Even .24% seems unlikely given India’s population. It’s true that ebooks have found a good following in india but those are the free ones circulating via file sharing sites. I am a student in a post graduate engineering course and although almost every one here uses academic ebooks, no-one is even aware they are using a copyrighted product. copyright laws are unheard of here specially when it comes to books. If its a file, it should be free is what they beleive. maybe availability of cheap ebook readers would change the scenario but that’s a longshot.

]]> By: Jeremy Hartley http://paidcontent.org/2012/08/22/amazon-launches-standalone-kindle-store-in-india/#comment-132332 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:09:22 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=216758#comment-132332 24% of Indian Adults with Internet Access have bought an ebook? Where do they get (make up) this information from?

I have spent a lot of time in India over the last 10 years and I would be surprised if the ebook penetration for individuals with Internet Access is as high as 0.24%.

Presumably these figures are based on a questionnaire on an ebook site enthusiast site which asked the web sites users if they had ever purchased an ebook and then considered this group representative of all Indians.

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