Shamus left a message in the comments section of the post where we shared news that in the first 2 weeks of sales of PSFK’s content on Kindle only one person subscribed. Shamus says he’s that one person and says:
This is sad so I am the only person to subscribe. That is just sad. I can say that I love it. But the power of one is never strong. I do love my Kindle but that is mainly cause I am on the road 3 to 4 days a week and not having to carry around books with me everywhere [...]
June 18, 2009
PSFK’s Only Kindle Subscriber Replies
June 16, 2009
Kindle’s Not Working: PSFK Sells 1 Subscription
PSFK has finally received the first two weeks sales figures of their version of PSFK.com on Kindle. We’ve discovered that a whole one person subscribed to the ‘trial version’ of PSFK. Amazon recently opened up their Kindle platform to allow bloggers to publish and sell their content through the e-retailers site.
During the first two week period of sales we added a button advertising the service to all our newsletters, website pages and RSS feeds – approximately 250,000 impressions. As some of you may remember, I penned the opinion piece ‘Kindle’s Not Working‘ last week and these sales figures surely prove [...]
June 11, 2009
Kindle’s Not Working
I originally drafted a post about the Kindle about a month ago but I thought I was being mean – so I let it sit and stew for a while. The release of the Apple 3.0 and some recent comments by Jeff Jarvis has made me dust it off with a quick update:
So there it is sat on my desk with a dead battery – 8 weeks after I bought the second generation ebook reader direct from Amazon. Unused, unloved, unnecessary. I feel like I’ve wasted my money.
My reaction to the whole genre: surely ebooks need a cigarette moment? Ebook [...]
May 20, 2009
PSFK’s News, Ideas & Trends For Inspiration Now Available On Kindle
Get trends and ideas inspiration anyway you want. PSFK can now be read through Amazon’s ebook reader Kindle. The powers-that-be over at the book retail company have decided we’re worth $1.99 for a monthly subscription – but you can test it out for 14 days for free too.
It will be interesting to see if anyone subscribes to content which is free elsewhere and if they do at what volume. Check it out here – and if you do subscribe, do leave one of those Customer Reviews.
PSFK On Kindle




