Numerous technology writers have called Apple’s iPad launch a Kindle killer. That may not automatically be so. Here are some reasons why.
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With all the speculation about the coming Apple Tablet: What Apple really is looking for is a new revenue stream from the publishing industry. That is the claim of Ben Kunz in this interesting video.
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Norway’s Consumer Council warns Amazon that user terms for Kindle e-readers violate basic consumer rights. The watchdog is considering launching a formal process against Amazon, just as it did against Apple’s iTunes store.
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Amazon promises “free 3G wireless” when downloading books and newspaper on the new international Kindle. But free it is not – as prices for book and newspapers are significantly higher outside USA.
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Amazon goes global with Kindle and launches an international version in 100 countries. This will dramatically change the e-reader market in Europe and push publishers to act. Here are some predictions.
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Lauren Picard, cofounder of Bookeen, is one of the veterans in the fast growing e-reader industry.
Here are some of his predictions of the major developments for e-readers in 2010.
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Chief editor of Wired magazine, Chris Anderson, is out with his new and already much discussed book: “Free – the future of a radical price”. In the book he describes the radical model of freemium and how the most effective price on a product can be no price at all. Read it here.
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There has been a lot of discussion about the decline of newspapers and the challenges of record companies. But what about book publishers? After testing an e-reader for the last week I see plenty of reasons why book publishers should worry about their future.
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