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Category Archives: Books
Harry Potter most popular ebook as Kindle books outsell paperbacks
January 28, 2011
This week Amazon announced that it is now selling more ebooks online than paperbacks. The announcement adds new perspective to the popularity of e-readers and the way we consume literature. In a company press statement Amazon revealed that: “Since the... Continue reading...
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In Categories Apple | Books | Gadgets
2010 Online: the year in review
December 21, 2010
I can scarcely believe that a whole year has passed since I was sitting here writing the 2009 review, but 12 months to the day here we are, and it’s been another fascinating year in the digital world. Once again... Continue reading...
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In Categories Apple | Art | Automotive | BBC | Blogs | Books | Branding | Celebrities | Christmas | Dating | Economy | Experian | Fashion | Fast moving search terms | Football | Gadgets | Google | Government | Health | Mosaic lifestyle | Music | News and Media | Politics | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds | Social networks | Sport | TV | Video | Weather
Bee keeping and the Beehaus
August 10, 2009
Monday mornings are never the most cheerful time of the week, but mine are often brightened up by perusing our list of the previous week’s fast moving search terms. This morning the term that brought a smile to my face... Continue reading...
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In Categories Books | Celebrities | Demographics | Environment | Experian | Fast moving search terms | Mosaic lifestyle | Retail | Science | Shopping and Classifieds
Online retailers receiving less traffic from paid search, but more from social networks
April 22, 2009
The amount of traffic that online retailers receive from paid search – i.e. from sponsored or paid for links on search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, Live and Ask - has fallen over the last 12 months. During March 2009,... Continue reading...
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In Categories Books | Economy | Email | Fashion | Paid search | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds | Social networks
Searches for e-books double
February 02, 2009
Over the last year UK interest in e-books has grown significantly, with searches for ‘ebooks’ doubling between January 2008 and 2009. There are four main e-book readers currently available: the Amazon Kindle, the Sony Reader, the Borders iLiad, and the... Continue reading...
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Google Book Search on the rise
April 15, 2008
Recently, Google announced that it has released an API which enables websites to link to the books within its Google Book Search functionality. This allows users to preview the book in question in a similar way to the ‘search inside’... Continue reading...
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In Categories Books | Demographics | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds
