SEASONAL BOOK SALES SPAIN BOOSTED BY E-READERS
January 1st, 2012
BY ROBERT STOKES, IN MALAGA
The Spanish language Kindle was the bestselling product on the recently launched Amazon.es website throughout the holidays culminating on January 6, the main day for gift giving in Spain. Customers ordered more EUROS EUR 99 Kindles than any other product on its site, Amazon said. Higher priced rival machines from Sony and book chain Casa del Libro reportedly sold well around the country too. A clearer picture for book sales will emerge next week, but FGEE, the Spanish publishers' association, said big titles released in late 2011 ...
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