2017 Annual Snapshot

2017 Annual Snapshot

This is my annual Snapshot. I also do ones I do every month.

It amazes me to see how much things change from one year to the next.  I’m also going to compare some different things than I do in the monthly ones. I’ll use the data I take on January 1st of each of the years, except for some of the broader topics (like number of Kindle models).

Titles in the Kindle store

• 2017 (taken January 1 2018): 5,942,033 (+24%)
• 2016 (taken January 1 2017): 4,972,110 (+19%)
• 2015 (taken January 1 2016): 4,168,071 (+34%)
• 2014 (taken January 1 2015): 3,104,676 (+32%)
• 2013 (taken January 1 2014): 2,351,139 (+40%)
• 2012 (taken January 1 2013): 1,805,001 (+55%)
• 2011 (taken January 1 2012): 1,165,654 (+52%)
• 2010 (taken January 1 2011): 766,131 (+91%)
• 2009 (taken January 1 2010) : 401,773

Magazines

• 2017 (taken January 1 2018): no longer separated from newsstand: Newsstand=2,270
• 2016 (taken January 1 2017): 1,378 (+201%)
• 2015 (taken January 1 2016): 684 (+7%)
• 2014 (taken January 1 2015): 638 (-5%)
• 2013 (taken January 1 2014): 670 (+14%)
• 2012 (taken January 1 2013): 586 (+58%)
• 2011 (taken January 1 2012): 370 (+400%)
• 2010 (taken January 1 2011): 74 (+72.1%)
• 2009 (taken January 1 2010) : 43

Newspapers

• 2017 (taken January 1 2018): no longer separated from newsstand: Newsstand=2,270
• 2016 (taken January 1 2017): 158 (-7%)
• 2015 (taken January 1 2016): 169 (-3%)
• 2014 (taken January 1 2015): 175 (-1%)
• 2013 (taken January 1 2014): 176 (-12%)
• 2012 (taken January 1 2013): 200  (+6%)
• 2011 (taken January 1 2012): 188 (+23%)
• 2010 (taken January 1 2011): 153 (+72.1%)
• 2009 (taken January 1 2010) : 89

Blogs

• 2017 (taken January 1 2018): no longer separated from newsstand: Newsstand=2,270
• 2016 (taken January 1 2017): 15,969 (+6%)
• 2015 (taken January 1 2016): 15,122 (+5%)
• 2014 (taken January 1 2015): 14,392 (+3%)
• 2013 (taken January 1 2014): 14,030 (+7%)
• 2012 (taken January 1 2013): 13,110  (-3%)
• 2011 (taken January 1 2012): 13,571 (+22%)
• 2010 (taken January 1 2011): 11,087 (+39%)
• 2009 (taken January 1 2010) : 7,992

Percentage of books from one penny to fifty dollars that are under $10

• 2017 (taken January 1 2018): 85.8% (-1.1%)
• 2016 (taken January 1 2017): 86.9% (+1.9%)
• 2015 (taken January 1 2016): 85.0% (-3%)
• 2014 (taken January 1 2015): 88% (-.1%)
• 2013 (taken January 1 2014): 88.1% (-1.8%)
• 2012 (taken January 1 2013):  89.9% (+.9%)
• 2011 (taken January 1 2012): 89.0% (+.2%)
• 2010 (taken January 1 2011): 88.8% (+5.7$)
• 2009 (taken January 1 2010) : 83.1%

Kindle/Fire/Echo models available new from Amazon in the USA

• 2017 (taken January 1 2018): …prices listed are the non-discounted ones Amazon lists in the “family stripe” (the lowest price, typically with Special Offers, the lowest memory, and no 4G), and may change any time: Kindle ($79.99), Kindle Paperwhite ($119.99), Kindle Voyage ($199.99), Kindle Oasis ($249.99), Kindle for Kids Bundle ($99.99), Fire 7 ($49.99), Fire HD 8 ($79.99), Fire HD 10 ($149.99), Fire 7 Kids Edition ($99.99), Fire HD 8 Kids Edition ($129.99),Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote ($39.99), Fire TV ($69.99), Fire TV+HD Antenna ($74.99), Fire TV Edition Smart TV ($449.99), Echo Dot ($29.99), Echo ($79.99), Echo Show ($229.99), Echo Spot ($129.99), Echo Plus + a Phillips bulb ($149.99), Echo Connect ($34.99), Amazon Cloud Cam ($119.99)
• 2016 (taken January 1 2017):  …prices listed are the non-discounted ones Amazon lists in the “family stripe” (the lowest price, typically with Special Offers, the lowest memory, and no 4G), and may change any time: Kindle ($79.99), Kindle Paperwhite 3 ($119.99), Kindle Voyage ($199.99), Kindle Oasis ($289.99), Kindle Paperwhite Bundle ($179.97), Fire ($49.99), Fire HD 8 ($89.99), Fire HD 10 ($229.99), Fire Kids’ Edition ($99.99), Fire TV Stick ($39.99), Fire TV ($89.99), Fire TV+HD Bundle ($99.99…listed as a $116.97 value), Fire TV Gaming Edition ($129.99), Echo Dot ($49.99), Amazon Echo ($179.99), Amazon Tap ($129.99)
• 2015 (taken January 1 2016): …prices listed are the non-discounted ones Amazon lists in the “family stripe” (the lowest price, typically with Special Offers, the lowest memory, and no 4G), and may change any time: Kindle ($79), Kindle Paperwhite 3 ($119.99), Kindle Voyage ($199.99), Kindle for Kids Bundle ($99.99), Fire tablet (least expensive model: $49.99), Fire HD 6 ($99.99), Fire HD8 ($149.99), Fire HD 10 ($299.99), Fire Kids Edition ($99.99), Fire TV Stick ($39.99), Fire TV 2nd gen ($99.99), Fire TV Gaming Edition ($139.99), Fire TV+HD Antenna Bundle ($124.99), Amazon Echo ($179.99)
• 2014 (taken January 1 2015)…prices listed are the non-discounted ones Amazon lists in the “family stripe” (the lowest price, typically with Special Offers, the lowest memory, and no 4G), and may change any time Kindle ($79 model, the “Mindle Touch”), Kindle Paperwhite 2 ($119), Kindle Voyage ($199), Fire HD 6 ($99), Fire HD 7 ($139), Fire HD Kids Edition ($189), Fire HDX ($239), Fire HDX 8.9″ ($379). Other devices in the “family”: Fire TV ($99), Fire TV Stick ($39), Fire Phone $449 (unlocked GSM)
• 2013 (taken January 1 2014)…prices listed are the ones Amazon lists in the “family stripe” (the lowest price, typically with Special Offers, the lowest memory, and no 4G), and may change any time: Kindle ($69 model…the “Mindle”), Kindle Paperwhite 2nd generation wi-fi only ($119 with Special Offers), Kindle Paperwhite 2nd generation with 3G ($189), Kindle DX ($199), Kindle Fire HD 2nd generation ($139), Kindle Fire HDX 7″ ($229), Kindle Fire HDX 8.9″ ($379), and Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ ($229)
• 2012 (taken January 1 2013): Kindle ($69 model…the “Mindle”), Kindle Keyboard, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Fire 7″ 2nd generation Standard Definition, Kindle Fire 7″ HD, Kindle Fire 8.9″ HD
• 2011 (taken January 1 2012): Kindle  ($79/$109 model…the “Mindle”), Kindle Keyboard (formerly the Kindle 3), Kindle Touch, Kindle DX, Kindle Fire
• 2010 (taken January 1 2011): Kindle 3, Kindle DX
• 2009 (taken January 1 2010) : Kindle 2, Kindle DX

This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog.