eBooks are Mainstreaming

September 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

We are watching a digital revolution in publishing …

“New Face of Publishing” insiders have known that eReaders would drop below the magic $100 price point, further accelerating eBook sales.  Sales of eBooks have already surpassed trade paper sales.  This will only increase as eBooks go mainstream.

Amazon just rolled out a new family of Kindle eReaders starting at $79. [Continue reading for links to the new Kindle eReaders.]

See what Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, says about it all …

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Impressive. B & N’s new Simple Touch Reader.

May 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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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Yet Another Milestone for eBooks

April 15, 2011 By 2 Comments

The publishing world continues to transition … for the first time, eBooks became the single best-selling category in American publishing during the month of February.  This is a 202.3% growth in sales compared with the same month last year.  In January, digital books were the second largest category, behind paperbacks. Publishers Weekly: E-book Sales Explode in February as Other Segments Sink.

Q4U: What can you envision yourself doing with ePublishing?

 

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