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Articles tagged with: Amazon Kindle and E Book
eReader Shipments to Reach 67m by 2016, Up from 25m in 2011, Despite Tablet Threat
A new report by analyst firm Juniper Research forecasts that eReader shipments will reach 67 million by 2016, nearly triple the 25 million devices the company expects to reach the market in 2011. While this is less than half the 55.2 million tablets that will be shipped this year, the price of the market-leading Kindle has fallen significantly (from $349 to $79) since it was launched, and electronic ink technology will ensure that the device continues to carve out a niche for itself in the wireless device ecosystem. more
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Google opens e-book store in challenge to Amazon
Google is making the leap from digital librarian to merchant in a challenge to Amazon.com and its Kindle electronic reader. more
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2013 Will See eBook Reader Markets Catch Fire
The market for eBook readers has until now been largely restricted to the United States, and has been led by Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook, and Sony's Reader. But according to ABI Research, starting in 2013 eBook reader markets will start to expand globally. The firm forecasts that more than 30 million readers will ship during that year, almost double the 2012 total. more
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Impact of the Apple iPad vs Amazon Kindle on the e-Reader Market
The e-Reader market has essentially become a two horse race between the Amazon Kindle and the Apple iPad, according to ChangeWave's latest survey of more than 2,800 consumers. The Amazon Kindle (47%; down 15-pts) is hanging on to a rapidly diminishing lead over the Apple iPad (32%; up 16-pts) among current e-Reader owners. However, the iPad's share of the overall market has doubled since the last time ChangeWave surveyed e-Reader owners in August. more
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Apple iPad Owners tend to be young males, Kindle owners tend to be richer
Probably unsurprisingly, a survey has found that Apple iPad owners skew younger and more male. Sixty-five percent of them are male and 63 percent of them are under the age of 35. more
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Amazon goes after Apple's iPad in new Kindle ad
Amazon goes after Apple's iPad in new Kindle ad, getting aggressive with e-reader rivals more
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Amazon Kindle Bests Apple's iPad in E-Book Survey
Despite improvement to the rival Barnes & Noble Nook e-book reader and the arrival of Apple's iPad tablet computer, which offers e-reader capability, Amazon's Kindle is still the best choice for most consumers. The report and Ratings of e-book readers is featured in the July issue of Consumer Reports and on more
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Kindle e-reader motivates less-enthusiastic readers
To help children become better readers, a Kansas State University professor thinks they may 'need to spend less time with their noses stuck in books. more
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Amazon's Kindle Gets Access to Out-of-Print 19th Century Books
Amazon has inked an deal with the UK's British Library to make some 65,000 out-of-print books from the 19th Century available as free downloads on its Kindle e-book, or for sale as paperbacks via a print-on-demand service. more
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Consumers are Drawn to E-Reader Convenience but Seek Tactile Experience
E-reader adoption has piqued some interest among consumers, but according to a new report from market research company The NPD Group there is still some consumer convincing to be done. While 37 percent of consumers surveyed expressed interest in purchasing an e-reader, more than 40 percent of consumers said they were "somewhat uninterested" or "not interested at all." more
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