Kindle stomping iPod in early sales
Amazon.com sold 500,000 of its Kindle readers during 2008, the second year it was available. This according to a Citi analyst's report (via Tech Crunch). During its second year, Apple only sold 378,000...
View ArticleNews Corp may build its own Kindle, they should talk to Apple first
News Corp is embarking on a Manhattan-style project "to devise a system to charge for content on the Web." (New York Post) Murdoch himself is said to be closely involved. The (News Corp-owned) New York...
View ArticleNY Times signs with Kindle, but for the right reason?
Amazon.com announced the launch of Kindle DX, a larger version of its surprisingly successful (it's selling faster than the iPod did in its early days) e-reader today. (NY Times) Also announced,...
View ArticleNo Kindle for News Corp
A New York Post report yesterday said News Corp was looking at building "a user-friendly device akin to Amazon's Kindle to deliver content." Not so says News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch. "We are not...
View ArticleAmazon closer to ad opps on the Kindle
Now that the bloom is off the rose for the Kindle, and we're grappling with whether it's fiscally responsible to buy one in the peak of a recession, Amazon has been toying with added revenue...
View ArticleDespite promises against it, WSJ ends up with 30,000 Kindle subs
News Corp was cold to the Kindle when it was heating up earlier this year. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said, "I can assure you we will not be feeding our content rights to the fine people who created the...
View ArticleeReader Adoption: What will it take?
As someone who makes a living in the advertising industry, I have a vested interest in seeing the adoption of emerging platforms, like the eBook Reader, reach levels that make them attractive to big...
View ArticleWar of the eBook – Chapter II
Selling eBooks is war. When Apple introduced the iPad, the immediate debate began as to whether it would just destroy the Kindle outright. Barnes & Noble also would not "go gentle into that good...
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