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iPad iBooks No Threat To Amazon Kindle
There are 450,000 reasons that Amazon Kindle shouldn’t worry about the new iPad iBooks Launch. That’s the number of books, magazines and other publications that Amazon’s e-Reader has in its catalog. According to several analysis pieces on the subject of Amazon -v- Apple, it appears that Kindle mitigated what could have been a devistating situation by releasing it’s Amazon Kindle App so early on the iPhone and then updating it for the iPad. Portability of the books seems to be key as well. Media purchased through the iBooks application from Apple is only available in that application, whereas the Kindle’s book purchases can be read on the Kindle device itself, the iPad, phones and personal computers as well as tablet PCs. Meanwhile, at launch of the iPad, 250,000 books were downloaded at launch … Read entire article »
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Amazon Kindle Users Switching to iPad As eReader
According to Piper Jaffray’s research as highlighted on Electronista, e-Readers are switching from the Amazon Kindle to the iPad in a fairly significant number; 7.5% of users surveyed said they had or intended to switch over to the iPad and use the iBookstore. Furthermore, an iPad survey from ChangeWave showed indicated that over 25% of current eReader owners would have waited to purchase an iPad if they had the choice again. The research is really interesting and I suggest you browse through it. The consumer sentiment clearly thinks there’s room for the Amazon Kindle, but that iPad’s market share will dominate by almost 2:1. This is an amazing stat in more than just iPad hysteria. It indicates that, despite a recession, almost 10% of users from differing eReader platforms are willing to … Read entire article »
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