JM on Kindle July 29, 2010

New Technology is the proverbial “Jones” as in keeping up with the Jones’. Just in the last six decades we’ve gone from radio to black & white analog TV to color HDTV; from 78rpm, 45rpm, and LP records to MP3; from the dusty Gutenberg Bible to Jamaica Moon on Kindle.  It remains to be seen how this new technology will augment the bricks and mortar bookstore’s and publisher’s transition to computer screens and print on demand to now Kindles and 60 second downloads of your favorite mystery thriller.

At the Kindle launch in November 2007 the e-reader touted over 90,000 titles.  Eleven months later in August of 2008 the catalog of titles was reported to be over 160,000 with a growth rate of 25,000 titles per month (tpm).  At 25k tpm over the last 23 months, the total Kindle catalog of available titles should be nearing 750,000 books.  Some say the total is closer or over one million.

Regardless of the size of the pond, one little fish is now swimming around waiting to be caught; the detective murder mystery: Jamaica Moon.

As the growth and availability of titles as well as device platforms (Kindle, iPad, iPhone, Nook, & etc.) increases it would seem that there is a strong market for the speed and portability of electronically readable books.

So, if you have one of these nifty gadgets, download Jamaica Moon for a great read!