Kindle Boosts Burgeoning E-Book Market

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Fri Apr 4, 2008 11:45 AM EDT

Article Source: ABC News

technology, books, publishing, kindle, amazon-com, sony-reader

More than four months after Amazon.com released the Kindle, no one is sure whether the latest e-book reader is really hot — or not. But publishers believe that the Kindle has helped, if not revolutionized, the tiny electronic market.

Amazon.com has received extensive media coverage since unveiling the Kindle on the Monday before Thanksgiving and announcing that the first run had sold out within a few hours. Amazon.com has declined to give sales figures for the Kindle — at least 2,000, judging from the number of customer reviews — but has said repeatedly that supply is not keeping up with demand, with the device often out of stock.

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Zap

When the price comes down I'd like to try the Kindle. I'm particularly interested in creating a digital home library versus a hard copy library. This is in interest of space, since I am currently downsizing.

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#1 - Fri Apr 4, 2008 11:49 AM EDT

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Kindle Review which discusses price including price of subscriptions.

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#2 - Fri Apr 4, 2008 12:03 PM EDT

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ezeques

I've had one since they came out and I like the Sony better. A huge benefit to me was when I am traveling and vacationing. I can get the daily Wall Street Journal and NY Times and magazines. Also, staff can easily send me articles or other reading.

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#3 - Fri Apr 4, 2008 1:06 PM EDT

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Zap

Thanks for your comments ezeques. What is it that you like better about the Sony?

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#3.1 - Fri Apr 4, 2008 1:19 PM EDT

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ezeques

It's got a bigger screen and better designed. I keep pressing the wrong buttons on the Kindle like Next Page and Previous Page.

But I'm sure they'll fix some of these things on V2. I love that Internet connection though and the ability to send documents to it from my email.

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#3.2 - Fri Apr 4, 2008 1:51 PM EDT

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Zap

You bring out some important points.

Thanks again.

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