Kindle Fire vs. iPad

WHEN AMAZON made The Subterranean #1 a free offering over the Father's Day weekend I expected downloads to increase. With all the promo behind the Kindle Fire I also expected the Kindle downloads to beat iPod downloads. However when the stats rolled in iPad/iPhone downloads beat Kindle FIre downloads three to one. Kindle Fire downloads for a single day exceeded 110 (on Father's Day) but still didn't surpass the iPad totals.

It will be an interesting contest to see which company wins the eReader battle. Until then it seems prudent to keep a foot in each market.

Next week the Subterranean will go live on the Kobo (Europe's leading eReader) and the Nook Color (Barnes & Nobles' offering). I'm not expecting them to rival the Kindle Fire or the iPad, but who knows?

Brad Teare June 2012

Calling all SubT fans!

AMAZON PICKED THE SUBTERRANEAN #1 for a Daily Deal this morning. Ranking soared from 4 million to around two thousand (which later dropped to 4K). The review by James from Madison, Wisconsin says "The artwork here is very stylish and quite good . . . and serves this story well . . . this comic was clearly designed specifically for the Kindle Fire." (Note: It is also available for free on the Kindle for Android).

As you can imagine this is a huge moment. If you consider yourself a fan of SubT and have friends with a Kindle Fire or an Android please consider forwarding the link below. MANY THANKS!

PS- I had no idea how The Subterranean would look on the Kindle Fire as I didn't test on the Fire (since I don't own one). However I had been reading several comics titles (the New 52 Batman, primarily) and often found the text too small. I was especially perplexed by the convention of making voice-over text at least a point size smaller. As always I decided to opt for maximum communication rather than convention.

Brad Teare 11 June 2012, 7:16 pm