Amazon made his entrance in the Netherlands in November with the launch of Amazon.nl. The retailer sells e-books that can be read on the Kindle e-reader or Kindle apps on remote mobile devices. Until now, customers had to pick their Kindle device from Germany via Amazon.de. From today they can also be ordered via Amazon.nl, says a company spokesperson to Twinkle. “Media Markt is the first retailer that sells the Kindle.”
Read within 60 seconds
The Dutch Kindle Store is now integrated into the e-readers at Media market on the shelves. This enables customers to “60 seconds” to download a book and read immediately. Kindle devices are equipped with ‘ Time to Read ‘, a feature that the e-reader indicates how long it takes for the reader from his book, based on his reading speed.
Bol.com
On our market for e-books Amazon is competing with Bol.com, which has about thirty thousand Dutch titles in the range. According to Daniel Ropers, managing director of the Ahold subsidiary, Netherlands is only ‘catch’ for Amazon. He sees the competition on the digital reading market therefore with confidence, he said mid-November.
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