Thread: The 2010s were supposed to bring the ebook revolution. It never quite came.
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Old 12-30-2019, 12:50 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by rcentros View Post
I think cheap Kindles came before Apple's collusion. I think it was driven by competition with Barnes & Noble, who had lowered the price on their Nooks.

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/t.../29kindle.html

I think it was about a year after this announcement that the sub-$100 Kindle 4 (no touch) came out (with ads). Still before the Apple mess.

https://ebookfriendly.com/timeline-kindle-history/



Before that time (according to Amazon) eBooks were outselling all print books (hardbacks and paperbacks) combined.
cheap Kindles came after Apple's collusion, and were one of the side effects

And it was Kobo that caused the price cut (B&N was merely responding to Kobo)
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