Kindle Fire - Competes with iPad 2
Kindle Fire is the new competition for the iPad 2, with its cost significantly less than the Apple product. A Kindle Fire is priced at $199 (Kindle Touch $99, regular Kindle $79) on amazon.com while an iPad 2 starts at $499. Amazon is low-balling the Kindle Fire price hoping that profits will be made up in eBooks sales. The company has already received over 250,000 pre-orders for the new tablet.
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Barnes and Noble - Retaliates After Kindle Fire Gets Exclusive Rights
DC Comics has given the rights to the digital version of graphic novels to Amazon for the Kindle Fire. Titles include "V for Vendetta" and "Watchmen." Reacting to this, Barnes and Noble has pulled all the print editions of these books off their shelves, saying in an official statement: "Regardless of the publisher, we will not stock physical books in our stores if we are not offered the available digital format."
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Although Barnes & Noble may have lost out on getting graphic novels such as Superman and Watchmen on its Nook Color portable e-reader/tablet, the Nook will be the new home of "Real Simple" magazine. According to Kristin van Ogtrop, the magazine's managing editor, readers' demand was the deciding factor. "Our consumers have been asking for Real Simple on Nook Color," she said. The first digital edition of the magazine is being released this week. This exclusivity will be short lived. "Real Simple" will also be launching on the iPad for their December issue.
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Male Authors Take Note: Women Are More Adept at Social Networking
A study found that women are more likely than men to use social networking. This study showed that woman use the technology to stay in touch with family, friends, and co-workers, which researchers took to mean that perhaps men are not the savvier networkers.
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eBook Trend - Other Countries Lag Behind U.S.
Experts predict that the eBook explosion outside the U.S. is about three years away. EBook sales in the U.S. now make up for around 20% of all book sales, but are not even up to 10% in other countries. Furthermore, eBooks written in English are gaining popularity over eBooks written in the native language of foreign countries.
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