Kindle E-Books Turn Amazon's Page
The Amazon brand was given a serious boost with the launch of their Kindle e-reader, and they are still reaping the rewards as the digital book formats are outselling the more traditional reading medium, paperback books. According to their fourth quarter report, for every 100 paperback books sold, Amazon sold 115 books in Kindle’s format. […]
Acer Unveils New Android Phone and E-reader
Acer has announced a slew of new products today, including an Android smartphone and an e-reader. The e-reader will work with Barnes & Noble’s e-book library…
Kindle and Nook Both Coming to Retail Stores
It’s an already hot space that’s getting hotter: The e-book market just got a few big jolts, with Apple adding iBook support to the iPhone and now two of the frontrunning e-reader devices coming to retail. Engadget reports that Barnes & Noble’s Nook will be sold at Best Buy starting April 18, and that Amazon’s […]
Barnes & Noble to Launch E-Reader App for iPad
Continuing with a very source agnostic digital book strategy, Barnes & Noble has announced it will soon be offering an e-reader app for the Apple iPad. The app will be designed specifically for the iPad’s tablet form factor, and will join B&N’s existing e-reader app family already available for Mac, PC, iPhone , iPod touch, […]
The iPad Poses a Threat to Kindle’s Market Share [STATS]
Independent research boutique ChangeWave surveyed 3,171 consumers and found that consumer pre-launch interest in the iPad is high. Data demonstrates that consumers are more interested in purchasing an iPad than they were the iPhone prior to launch. Also, 27% of existing e-reader owners indicated they would have purchased the iPad over the model they own […]