Barnes and Noble announced yesterday that it now has 25% of the eBook market. This is up from 20% a year ago. (Amazon has about 50% and everyone else the other 25%). Sales of ebooks continue to skyrocket – Amazon continues to sell more than paper books.
B & N also rolled out their new eReader, The Simple Touch Reader. The advancements on the new B & N eReader are impressive:
- There’s only one button – an on/off switch on the upper back. Everything is controlled with an eInk touch screen.
- Although the overall size is smaller than the Kindle, the screen size is the same.
- At under 8 ounces, it’s one ounce lighter than the Kindle 3.
- Battery life is up to two months, double the Kindle and way ahead of everyone else.
- World’s largest eBookstore – over 2 million titles.
This is impressive. The Simple Touch Reader competes directly with Amazon’s Wi-Fi-only Kindle 3. Both are priced at $139. Amazon will have to respond. Isn’t the free market a beautiful thing? It’s official. I’m a Nook man!
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