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NYT: Kindle vs. iPad

Nothing terribly new here, but it is interesting to note Amazon’s continued refusal to release any sales numbers for its Kindle hardware.

ANALYSTS have wondered what profit margins Amazon makes on its Kindle hardware business. “It is difficult to say Amazon is making much money at its new device prices of $139,” writes Marianne [...]

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Battle of the e-reader Apps

A nice run down of a number of e-reader apps.

Via ZDNet.

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Barnes & Noble cuts Nook prices -- Amazon follows with Kindle price slash

Barnes & Noble has been having some success recently selling their Nook e-reader. They’ve been promoting the device heavily in their stores and recently did a big push for Father’s Day. They’ve been pleased with the sales of the unit, though haven’t released any specific numbers sold. They even have an iPad app, which I [...]

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New changes for Apple's iBooks coming

At Apple’s WWDC (Worldwide Developer’s Conference), the big news was the new iPhone and changes to the iPhone OS (now called iOS since it now runs not only the iPhone but iPod Touch and the iPad). But Steve Jobs also  announced about changes to the iBookstore that everyone interested in ebooks and ereading should find [...]

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Living with the iPad

So I’ve had the iPad for a little more than three weeks now. I posted my initial experiences with it here, but that was only after a day or two of use immediately after I got it. I wanted to follow up after the initial holy-crap-I-got-me-a-new-shiny! excitement wore off to provide a better idea of [...]

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E-readers apparently don't cause eye strain

Or nearly as much strain as your mom told you. I always thought LCDs with progressive scan output and fast refresh rates eliminated much of the concern about “TV being bad for your eyes,” like I was constantly told when I was a kid. I thought the old CRTs (tube televisions) were bad because they [...]

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Amazon, Macmillan, and the "agency model"

The key component of the dust-up between Amazon and book publisher Macmillan (who has since been joined by Hachette Books and HarperCollins) is the pricing model used to sell electronic books. Amazon wants to set a fixed price with a fixed dollar amount going to the publishers. Publishers don’t like this because it cannibalizes their [...]

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Kindles, iPads, and cell phones (oh my!)

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the Kindle and iPad and what the latter’s introduction into the marketplace will do to the former. I talked about it a little bit in my post when the iPad was introduced, and in the comments section there. There is some understandable defensiveness from those who have purchased [...]

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