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Electronic book wars…
The battle for dominance in the embryonic market for electronic books is growing more intense.
Amazon.com rolled out the Amazon Kindle wireless reading device in late 2008. Since then Amazon has upgraded the device and lowered some of their prices. Many current books are available from Amazon as Kindle downloads for around ten dollars.
Those prices are making some people in publishing uncomfortable. The disparity between ten dollars for a Kindle download and 20 to 25 dollars for the typical new hardcover book is eroding the already shrinking profit margins for some publishers.
Some publishers assume that every e-book sold represents one less hardcover book profit being made. Now Sony, which has their own electronic reading device, the Sony Reader, has thrown down the gauntlet in this battle for e-book superiority. Think Beta versus VHS.
Sony just announced price reductions for e-books that are competitive with Amazon’s prices.
An article in the New York Times describes this heated battle and some of the disparities between the competing devices:
“Sony’s price cut on digital books and the new devices may not be enough to help it catch up to Amazon. One significant drawback to Sony’s new devices is that, unlike the Kindle, they cannot connect wirelessly to an e-book store. Owners of Sony Readers must plug their devices into a computer to buy and download books.
The new Readers also cannot access magazines or newspapers, and Sony has yet to develop a version of its reading software for other devices like the iPhone. Mr. Haber from Sony said that the company was working on developing all of these features.”
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Vick Mickunas
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By downsized
August 5, 2009 1:13 PM | Link to this
Further signs the apocalypse is upon us. What’s the next move? Book burnings to increase profits?By TRS
August 5, 2009 12:49 PM | Link to this
Curious - anyone out there using the Ebooks? Whats your experience with them?