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Amazon Kindle E-Reader Sales Will Keep Growing in 2011: 10 Reasons Why

December 29th, 2010 | No Comments

News Analysis: The Amazon Kindle is selling extremely well. Although some may wonder if Apple will take down the e-reader next year, it seems more likely now than ever that it will fare just fine. –
Amazon.com
announced Dec. 27 that the companys third-generation Kindle is now the top-selling product
it has ever offered. With that news, some in the tech industry were undoubtedly
taken aback, especially considering that Apple, the company that typically wins
out in battles over consum…

E-Reader Sales to Nearly Double Between 2012 and 2013: ABI Research

December 6th, 2010 | No Comments

The Amazon Kindle, B&N Nook and Sony Reader have led an e-reader market now expected to reach 30 million units in 2013 nearly doubling 2012s total thanks to global growth. – The e-book market is poised to ship 30 million units in 2013,
doubling 2012s totals, ABI Research reported in a Dec. 6 report. U.S.
readers, embracing the Amazon Kindle, Barnes amp; Noble Nook and Sony
Reader, have built up the market, which the firm now expects to begin
expanding globally over…

Apple iPad Is Overtaking the Amazon Kindle: 10 Reason Why

December 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

News Analysis: Apple’s iPad is starting to gain serious ground on Amazon’s Kindle in the e-reader market, a new survey has found, and it looks like Amazon will have a difficult time keeping the Apple device from wresting the market share lead from Kindle at some point. – A
new survey from ChangeWave Research has found that Apple’s iPad is well on
its way to taking down the Amazon Kindle in the e-reader market. In fact, the
researchers found that Amazon currently has 47 percent market share in that
space, compared with Apple’s 32 percent. In August 2010, Amazon h…

Google E-Book Service Launching to Challenge Amazon, Apple

December 1st, 2010 | No Comments

Google will launch its online bookstore soon to rival Amazon Kindle electronic reader, Apple iBooks for the iPhone and iPad and Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader. – Google will launch it overdue online bookstore in December to grab a piece of the digital reading pie from Amazon, Apple and others, the Wall Street Journal said Nov. 30.
A source familiar with Google’s plans said the electronic bookstore would launch this month. The spokesperson declined to say wh…

Sony E-Reader Line Is Revamped, with a Higher Price

September 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

Sony is rolling out revamped versions of its three e-readers and selling its Pocket Edition at a higher price in a bid to compete against the cheaper Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook. – Amazon.com and Barnes amp; Nobles strategies for
conquering the e-reader market? Cut the prices of their respective Kindle and
Nook devices.
Sonys strategy for boosting its sales numbers in that same
market? Raise the price of its refreshed Reader Pocket Edition and justify it
with additional…

Borders to Slash E-Reader Prices: Report

September 1st, 2010 | No Comments

Borders reportedly plans on slashing its e-reader prices, in order to further undercut the price points of the Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. – Borders plans on slashing the prices of the Kobo and
Aluratek Libre e-readers by $20, in a bid to better compete against competitors
such as the Amazon Kindle and Barnes amp; Noble Nook, according to a new
online report.

Borders
President Mike Edwards told the Wall Street Journal Aug. 31 tha…

Asus Puts Amazon Kindle for PC on Netbooks, Notebooks

May 24th, 2010 | No Comments

Several Asus netbooks and notebooks sold by Amazon.com will now come with the Amazon Kindle for PC application preinstalled. Among other features, the app allows users to sync their e-books across their Kindle, PC or Mac, or to enjoy e-reader features without actually owning a Kindle. – Asus announced May 24 that the Amazon Kindle for PC application will
come preinstalled on several lightweight Asus netbooks and notebooks
for sale on Amazon.com.

The Kindle for PC application acts as a stand-in Kindle e-reader,
allowing users to sync pages and pick up where they left off o…

What Amazon Kindle E-book Reader Should Watch Out For Posted By : Xavier Hewlett

April 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

The Amazon Kindle has been around just recently with its initial release in early 2007. Kindle was the first model followed by the much criticized Kindle 2 and the modified version Kindle DX.
Using much the very same e-ink system to provide readers with reading experience similar to regular books but adding more unique features such as 3G which allows for less than a minute download of e-books from the Amazon store, the Kindle has achieved such a great following from many bookworms in the US.

Amazon Kindle Competition What They Have to Offer that the Kindle Doesnt Have Posted By : Penny Smith

April 20th, 2010 | No Comments

The Amazon Kindle has become an innovation to the regular book reading experience. Nowadays, all you need to bring with you is just a portable gadget filled with a thousand books and other reading resources in digital format and you dont have to worry about how you would be putting everything into your bag.

Amazon Kindle Pros and Cons The Factors You Need to Consider Posted By : Katie Dunn

April 18th, 2010 | No Comments

The Amazon Kindle is one hot commodity that has caused quite a stir in the book and gadget industry nowadays. The gadget boasts of its capability to become a digital book reader that can store an entire library of different books and reading materials available in digital format.

Amazon Kindle SecretsThings You Need to Know Posted By : Miranda Mo

April 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

The Amazon Kindle has gained popularity because of its innovative capabilities that have been proven to be beneficial to people who would want to bring an entire library of books with them wherever they go.

Amazon.com announces Kindle for Mac

March 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Amazon.com has revealed “Kindle for Mac” application which enables readers over the world to enjoy reading Kindle books for free of cost at their Mac computers.
The Kindle Store in US presently provides around 450,000 books that include New Releases and 102 of 111 New York Times Bestsellers. Thus it becomes the unique place [...]

Apple’s iPad May Include Built-In Camera, Suggest Reports

February 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

Apple’s iPad, the company’s upcoming tablet PC, may contain a built-in camera, at least according to an Apple product repair company that posted photos of an alleged iPad frame with a space for a camera module. Other sources have posted photos from the device’s Jan. 27 launch event showing what could be a camera hole on an iPad held by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Whether these rumors pan out in a succeeding version of the iPad, the tablet seems firmly bent on challenging a variety of rival devices, including the Amazon Kindle in the e-reader space.
– Apple’s iPad could feature a camera, according to the latest superheated
rumors circulating around the Web on Feb. 2.
Many of those rumors found their source in a blog posting from a
Kansas-based Apple product repair company, Mission:Repair,
which said that recently received spare parts for the…

10 Reasons Why Amazon Should Worry About an Apple Tablet

January 20th, 2010 | No Comments

News Analysis: The Amazon Kindle is enjoying strong sales as the leading e-reader on the market. But if Apple announces a tablet PC next week, it’s likely that the device will feature an e-reader component. If so, it could wreak havoc on the Kindle’s value proposition.
– Unlike so many e-readers that came before it, the Amazon Kindle
captured consumer attention by combining a nice reading experience with
a convenient distribution platform through the Kindle e-book store.
In many ways, Amazon’s strategy with the Kindle followed Apple’s
iPod strategy: build a dev…

Is Apple Tablet What the E-Book Market Is Waiting for?

August 21st, 2009 | No Comments

A new report compares early Kindle adoption to that of the iPod, and says that while the e-paper display market is expected to reach $2.5 billion by 2013, it remains to be seen whether new contenders with possibly better technology and multiple capabilities can displace the Kindle and further grow the market.
– The global market for e-paper displays, such as those used by the
Amazon Kindle line of e-book readers as well as those
from Sony, will grow 124 percent from 2008 through 2013 and in that time exceed
$2.5 billion, according to an Aug. 20 study from NextGen Research.

The studys author, James …

Soon, a â€moving newspaperâ€ on flexible screen

August 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

Worldâ€™s first flexible electronic screen is set to be launched by a Cambridge-based company.
Scientists at the University of Cambridgeâ€™s Cavendish Laboratory have come up with the roll up A4-sized â€œintelligent plasticâ€ display, which took a decade of development.
But Plastic Logic, the company behind the e-version imagery, said that it would not produce a roll-up screen, [...]

Sony to Offer 1 Million Google Books Through its Readers

July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Sony agrees to offer 1 million digital books from Google’s Book store, which is also being leveraged by Barnes and Noble. Its early days, but Sony Reader and Amazon Kindle are positioned to win the war digital hanhelds users download digital books to for reading. Google meanwhile continues to face scrutiny over its ambitious book search project.
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Sony proved that it isn’t spooked by the fact that the Department
of Justice is
formally investigating the settlement that lets Google scan books online and
grant access to them for a fee.
TheSony eBook store, which offers digital books consumers may download and read
via Sony’s R…

Apple plans iTablet for this Christmas

July 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Earlier it was reported that an Apple insider has revealed that Apple is planning to launch a much-rumored tablet computer in the first quarter of 2010.
But according to the Financial Times, now the buzz is that Apple is gearing up to get that gadget out in time of the Christmas rush.
â€œApple is racing to offer [...]

Lawsuit Charges Amazon Kindle Has Design Flaw

July 16th, 2009 | No Comments

On the heels of a price reduction for the Amazon Kindle 2, one user files a lawsuit claiming a design flaw in the device’s cover causes the screen to crack.
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The much publicized, much scrutinized e-reader from online
retail giant Amazon.com, the Kindle, is now under fire from one of its users,
who claimed the device is liable to break due to a design flaw in a lawsuit
filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washing…