{"id":654441,"date":"2013-04-25T12:25:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T16:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=634403"},"modified":"2013-04-25T12:25:45","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T16:25:45","slug":"survey-amazon-app-developers-not-big-fans-of-kindle-hardware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/654441","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Amazon app developers not big fans of Kindle hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite lagging far behind the iOS App Store and Google Play, the growing Amazon Appstore is beginning to be taken seriously by\u00a0mobile app developers, right as it gears up for a wider international rollout, according to app analytics company AppAnnie.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 1,500 mobile app developers surveyed, 22.5 percent are publishing for Amazon devices, according to AppAnnie&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.appannie.com\/amazon-explore\/\">inaugural Amazon app developer index published on Thursday<\/a>. That&#8217;s tiny compared to its larger mobile rivals, but the big finding had to do with developers&#8217; motivations: the Amazon Appstore is becoming an important outlet for developers, but not because they&#8217;re impressed with the company&#8217;s new hardware devices. Rather, AppAnnie found that the No. 1 thing driving developers to Amazon&#8217;s store is simple convenience: 52 percent said they already build Android apps, so it&#8217;s easy to port them over for Amazon&#8217;s store.<\/p>\n<p>The other reasons they gave show Amazon still has a ways to go in convincing more developers that it&#8217;s an important and necessary outlet for their work. Among those already publishing on the platform only 24 percent said they did so because they &#8220;believe Amazon Appstore market share will grow,&#8221; and a meager 7 percent said they &#8220;believe the Kindle Fire will be a leading device.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some other interesting stats AppAnnie found:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>56 percent of Amazon Appstore publishers focus on games<\/li>\n<li>Half say games are the leading revenue driver for them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AppAnnie sees big things for the store. 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