Posted on August 21, 2010 by switch11
When the Kindle 3 arrives we’ll probably see a lot more Kindle and eReader coverage – that ought to greatly increase awareness of eReaders and translate into higher eReader sales. However, there’s a new survey out which suggests eReader awareness and interest are already pretty high. The survey is probably as dependable as a typical survey (totally undependable) but it’s worth looking at. 11% of [...]
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Posted on August 20, 2010 by switch11
The $189 Kindle 3 and the $139 Kindle WiFi have galvanized eReader companies into action. More and more of them are pricing their eReaders at the magic $99 mark. Two weeks ago we’d looked at a few eReaders discounted to $99 including the rather impressive Cybook Opus and the Sony 300 (at one solitary store – P. C. [...]
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Posted on August 14, 2010 by switch11
With the Kindle 3 doing well, Nook 2 presumably around the corner, and rumors of new Sony Readers swirling it seems a particularly bad time to enter the eReader market. At the same time there’s a huge opportunity because eReaders are poised to truly explode with prices finally hitting a level at which selling tens of millions of eReaders a [...]
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Posted on August 10, 2010 by switch11
The new Kindle 3 is killing off competitors even before it arrives. Yesterday, we had looked at how eReader makers are selling their eReaders at $99 to compete with Kindle WiFi and Kindle 3 and today there’s news that Plastic Logic has killed off the Que ProReader (Pro since it’s so special that eReader isn’t good enough for [...]
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Posted on August 3, 2010 by switch11
You have to look at the Kindle 3 and wonder how the smaller eReader companies are going to survive - especially since this is so soon after Apple used the iPad to hijack part of the eReader market. There’s news today that Foxit Corporation is killing off its eSlick Reader to focus on providing PDF technology to eBook providers. [...]
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