{"id":151315,"date":"2021-05-31T18:39:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T16:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/?p=151315"},"modified":"2023-09-21T18:20:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:20:22","slug":"over-10-million-kindle-ebooks-on-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/over-10-million-kindle-ebooks-on-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"There are now over 10 million publications in the Kindle Store"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Over-10-million-Kindle-books.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Over 10 million Kindle books\" class=\"wp-image-151325\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Over-10-million-Kindle-books.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Over-10-million-Kindle-books.jpg?resize=220%2C220&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Over-10-million-Kindle-books.jpg?resize=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Over-10-million-Kindle-books.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Over-10-million-Kindle-books.jpg?resize=65%2C65&amp;ssl=1 65w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Over-10-million-Kindle-books.jpg?resize=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Over-10-million-Kindle-books.jpg?resize=840%2C840&amp;ssl=1 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lead\"><strong>Google web search displays at least 10 million product detail pages on Amazon that match the Kindle Edition specific key phrases.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ina few weeks, we will be celebrating the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/ebooks-audiobooks-facts-history\/\" target=\"_blank\">50th anniversary of ebooks<\/a>. I thought it would be interesting to check out some facts and stats that would say more about the current state of the ebook world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-background has-system-sans-serif-font-family is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-color:#dedede;border-width:1px;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-top:1em;padding-right:1.5em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1.5em\"><ul class=\"has-dates has-small-font-size wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/top-free-ebooks-christmas-2023\/'>Free ebooks for Christmas 2023: here are the top 20 downloads<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2023-12-15T14:05:39+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">Dec 15, 2023<\/time> <\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/best-personalized-library-gifts\/'>12 best personalized gifts for librarians and library supporters<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2023-11-18T11:11:37+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">Nov 18, 2023<\/time> <\/li><\/ul><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>The size of the largest ebook platform, the Kindle Store, was always on top of how far ebooks can go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kindle-eBooks\/b?node=154606011&amp;tag=eflykd-20\">Kindle Store<\/a> is mainly populated by ebooks self-published via Kindle Direct Publishing. No other ebook distributor was capable of creating such an effective tool to expand the catalog of books available in a digital format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since April 2020, the monthly KDP Global Fund \u2013&nbsp;a total amount of money Kindle authors get for making their books exclusive to the Kindle store \u2013 was <strong>no lower than $30 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/kindle-store-links\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the total number of books in the Kindle Store was 4.5 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, in 2018, Amazon changed the way of displaying the number of items available in a specific category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of showing the exact number of items, we can now see an estimate. This estimate is almost always limited to 60 or 70 thousand items, no matter how large the product category is. And we know that the Kindle Store holds no less than 4.5 million items that were available in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if you figure out how to get to the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?rh=n%3A154606011&amp;fs=true&amp;tag=eflykd-20\">list of all books in the Kindle Store<\/a>, you will see that there are only &#8220;over 70,000 results.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And there are &#8220;over 60,000 results&#8221; in Biographies &amp; Memoirs category of the Kindle Store, &#8220;over 60,000 results&#8221; in Teen &amp; Young Adult, and &#8220;over 60,000 results&#8221; in Mystery, Thriller &amp; Suspense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clearly, Amazon found out that total stats were not relevant for end users. &#8220;70,000&#8221; is not overwhelming, but on the other side suggests the quantity is large enough to find something interesting to read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, I decided to try an advanced Google web search to find the total number of publications available in the Kindle Store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have used the following keywords to achieve the most accurate number of matching results. All four are put in quotes to force Google to find exact matches. And all four are present only on detail pages of Kindle editions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>&#8220;Format: Kindle Edition&#8221;<\/strong> \u2013 this phrase is displayed at the end of a title.<\/li><li><strong>&#8220;Word Wise :&#8221;<\/strong> \u2013 you can find the status of this Kindle exclusive feature in the Product details section.<\/li><li>&#8220;<strong>Lending :&#8221;<\/strong> \u2013 lending is possible only for ebooks, so the status is displayed only in Kindle editions.<\/li><li><strong>&#8220;Print length :&#8221;<\/strong> \u2013 you can&#8217;t find this exact wording in paperback or hardcover editions, for obvious reasons.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note, that I have included the colon in search phrases, exactly how it&#8217;s shown \u2013 with a space before it. This uncommon wording can actually improve the accuracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the final search:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"highlight\"><code>site:amazon.com \"Format: Kindle Edition\" \"Word Wise :\" \"Lending :\" \"Print length :\"<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Google web search returns &#8220;About 10,900,000 results&#8221; on <em>amazon.com<\/em> domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have also tried different combinations of other words included in the Product details section for Kindle editions (such as &#8220;File size,&#8221; &#8220;X-Ray,&#8221; or &#8220;Text-to-Speech&#8221;). Every time the number of results was higher than 10 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"buy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kindle-eBooks\/b?node=154606011&amp;tag=eflykd-20\">\u21e2 Kindle Store<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Interested in the Kindle? 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