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The iPhone may take market share from the Amazon Kindle, following an explosion in the supply of book apps last month, according to a report by San Francisco-based mobile application analytics company http://blog.flurry.com/bid/27796/Flurry-Smartphone-Industry-Pulse-Octobe... target="_blank">Flurry.
The number of book apps supplied to the iPhone App Store overtook the number of games apps for the first time in September, Flurry reported.
Between August 2008 and August 2009, most of the apps released were in the games category. But in October, one out of every five new apps launching in the iPhone was a book. "During the month of August, 1% of the entire US population was already reading a book on iPhone. Now, with books shipping in droves, we are seeing the supply-side explode," Flurry stated.
The company concluded: "The sharp rise in e-book activity on the iPhone indicates that Apple is positioned to take market share from the Amazon Kindle as it did from the Nintendo DS."
Last">http://www.thebookseller.com/news/101468-move-quick-on-apps-or-lose-out-... week The Bookseller revealed that slow-moving publishers could be left out of the "explosion" in demand for the creation of book applications for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. Adam Martin, head of the interactive department at United Agents, said apps were a "game-changer" for authors and publishers. He warned that publishers needed to move "within the next six months". "If they are slow, they may get left out," he said.