What Amazon Kindle E-book Reader Should Watch Out For
The dominance of the Amazon Kindle e-book reader on sales of books in electronic format as well as on the device itself is undeniably strong and stripping off Amazon from this post will surely be a huge feat for many ambitious companies who would like to take on the e-book reader’s place.
The Amazon Kindle has been around just recently with its initial release in early 2007. Kindle was the first model followed by the much criticized Kindle 2 and the modified version Kindle DX.
Using much the very same e-ink system to provide readers with reading experience similar to regular books but adding more unique features such as 3G which allows for less than a minute download of e-books from the Amazon store, the Kindle has achieved such a great following from many bookworms in the US. What’s more, it also allows delivery of major newspapers, magazines and access to blogs.
The e-book reader is provided with books from the Amazon store via Whispernet. It runs in 3G so there is no need to look for WIFI hotspots anymore. A great step Amazon has done to expand sales of its books is to allow PC and iPhone download of e-book from the Amazon store.
Another strategy of the company which made it much sought after is expansion. The Kindle which used to be exclusively available in the US is now available for shipping to 100 different countries.
Perhaps, the aforementioned reasons plus hype created over mass advertisements and good strategy for sales has made the Amazon Kindle e-book reader a leader amongst its kind. But the dominance of the e-book reader is threatened by other companies who use the Amazon’s closed system of providing books to capitalize on a more open system of accessing e-books. Sony for one allows users to download files and books from different sources and transferring of word and pdf files to its e-book readers is free of charge unlike in the case of Amazon Kindle e-book reader.
Google, the jack of all trades company, is starting to tap into being a book retailer. With the company’s different ventures and partnerships, it started to allow the iPhone and other digital device to download books via Google store. As many companies such as the Barnes & Noble and others try to join the war over the e-book market, the competition has gone even more exciting which hopefully, should prompt Amazon to create innovations on its product.
The Amazon Kindle is of course not perfect and in order for it to enjoy the success it receives for many more years to come; it needs to address certain aspects regarding appearance, features, and accessibility for it to still come out as victor. As of the moment, only time can tell when a competitor can finally take down Kindle.
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