Publishers, writers and rival bookstores had feared that Amazon's discounts would lead to its domination of the e-market.
The best way to do this, he thinks, is to ensure that Bertelsmann has the kind of content and services that will prove popular on the wireless Internet, which pundits see as the next boom e-market, and to splash out on developing global brands.
We used data from E-Poll Market Research whose E-Score Celebrity service ranks more than 7, 000 celebrities on awareness, appeal and 46 different personality attributes.
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We also factored in the number of full covers a celebrity individually graced as well as his or her appeal, a measure provided by Los Angeles-based market research firm E-Poll Market Research.
According to data shared with me by an executive from E-Poll Market Research, his overall E-Score fell from 52 to 32 because of the scandal.
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Put it all together and we begin to see the story of a 2010 e-reader market that extends way beyond just e-books to include newspapers and magazines augmented with audio and full-color animations, video, and imagery.
As I have written, this gift-giving service is a move by Facebook into the e-commerce market, and likely a sign of more e-commerce moves to come.
Amazon is the market leader in the e-Books market and claims its market share to be around 70% to 80%, according to an interview conducted by CNET with Amazon vice president.
Although fast-growing, the regional e-commerce market is hampered by low credit-card use and poor postal services.
The Nook competes against Amazon's Kindle e-reader, as well as Apple and Google in the e-book market.
Many other smaller players in the e-reader market would further increase pressure on the Kindle.
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Sales had fallen and prospects for making any dent in the e-book market were not promising.
The launch of WeiboPay is encouraging, considering the size and growth of the Chinese e-commerce market.
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We recently looked at the ten most influential celebrities using data from E-Poll Market Research.
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The overall boom in the e-book market will no doubt boost every company involved.
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Competitors like Amazon and eBay also made announcements this week in the local e-commerce market.
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Amazon still has a large share of the e-book market, but it's no longer 90%.
Certainly the size of Turkey's e-commerce market doesn't justify the disproportionate attention it gets.
Among other findings from the latest Outsell study, "Device Wars, ": a possible shift in the e-reader market.
In 2009, before the new pricing, Amazon was estimated to have around 90% of the e-book market.
It passed on Etoys because it mistakenly assumed that Toys "R" Us would own the e-commerce market.
The stakes are high for the company as it seeks a greater share of the e-book market.
Nowhere has the debate between specialized device versus multi-purpose device been clearer than in the e-book market.
Still, for the e-commerce market to truly mature, easier and more reliable payment methods are a must.
The e-book market, in any volume at least, is no more than two or three years old.
Regardless of that user experience, Sony faces major challenges in the e-reader market.
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Apple's e-book market share is small and immaterial to its business, analysts say.
According to the BKM (Interbank Card Center) data, the Turkish e-commerce market reached a whopping 25 billion in 2012.
Chinese internet research consultancy, iResearch, estimates that consumer-to-consumer represented more than 87% of the Chinese e-commerce market last year.
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Over the past three years, the e-reader market has winnowed dramatically from more than 100 players to just a handful.
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