Top Christian Publishers Adding Thousands More Kindle Books
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced that Christian book
publishers Augsburg Fortress, Crossway Books & Bibles, David C. Cook,
Gospel Light, Group Publishing, NavPress, Strang Communications, Thomas
Nelson, Tyndale, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. and Zondervan have
committed to making the majority of their catalogs of books available to
Kindle owners by the end of 2008. Anywhere they happen to be, and in
less than 60 seconds, Kindle customers will be able to download and
start reading favorite Christian titles such as “Boundaries,”
“Walking With God,”
and “When the Game Is Over.”
Kindle is Amazon’s portable reader that
wirelessly downloads books, blogs, magazines and newspapers to a crisp,
high-resolution electronic paper display that looks and reads like real
paper. For more information on Kindle, or to order a Kindle for $359,
visit http://amazon.com/kindle.
“Of the 135,000 books available on Amazon.com
as a physical book and on Kindle, Kindle books already account for over
12 percent of units sold,” said Ian Freed,
Vice President of Amazon Kindle. “We’re
pleased that so many publishers are seeing this success with their
Kindle titles, and that more publishers like the Christian book
publishers are getting on board.”
“The response to our Kindle editions has been
remarkable,” said Alan Huizenga, Director of
Digital Publishing at Tyndale House Publishers. “We
are excited to know that for readers who own a Kindle, they can download
and begin reading bestselling Tyndale authors such as Joel Rosenberg,
Tony Dungy, Francine Rivers, and Tommy Newberry in under a minute!”
“For years Eerdmans readers have enjoyed our
extensive selection of titles from the scholarly to the popular,”
said Sam Eerdmans, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Eerdmans. “Now
Eerdmans is excited to announce that many of our titles will be readily
available on Kindle. Fans of Eugene Peterson or Joan Chittister can
quickly find and access their new books using the extremely easy
interface of Kindle."
“Thomas Nelson is excited to offer our books
in the digital format on Kindle,” said Robert
Edington, Vice President of Internet Channel, Thomas Nelson, Inc.
