Fox News: Kindle may not "dominate" digital book market for long - Page 2

wodin · 08-17-2009, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by FoxNews

But the pioneering device may not dominate the market for long. As Castaldo found, many phones are now sophisticated enough, and have good enough screens, to be used as e-book reading devices. In addition, e-book reading on computers is already surprisingly popular.

Shoooo! I've been reading ebooks on my phone for YEARS and Years and years! And before that on a Palm Pilot non-phone PDA.

Sporadic · 08-18-2009, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by jplumey

From Fox News at: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,539781,00.html

Imagine that, the news network Rupert Murdoch owns...the guy who is currently feuding with Amazon over the Kindle in the media, published an article about how the Kindle will get replaced by phones.

The man is a modern day William Randolph Hearst.

EowynCarter · 08-18-2009, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Elfwreck

It does. I've been asked if my PRS-505 is a "red Kindle." Most people don't know any other kinds of dedicated ebook reader exist.

Umm, that's the case in US. And definitively not everywhere else in the world. Here in france, it seams bookeen is first, followed by sony. (At least that the impression i had from the mobile read meet up.). For one simple reason, they are selling in French shops. You can go and have a look at the device before you buy it, and no long waiting for the post.

HarryT · 08-18-2009, 08:32 AM

It's very easy to assume that one's local situation is what applies world-wide. The Kindle is so prevalent in the US, that possibly people in the US don't realise that it's just not a significant factor elsewhere in the world at the current time. That may of course change if Amazon do release it in Europe.

dmaul1114 · 08-18-2009, 04:30 PM

The e-book and e-reader market is still very young and is very much a niche still.

As such, it really is still anyone's game since there's no device having success in the mainstream. They're just selling to fairly avid readers who are comfortable with technology at this point.

I have a K1, but I don't have that much concern about the future. I generally will only read a book once, and would generally buy a hardback of a book I loved and wanted to read again. So I kind of look at paying $5-10 for an e-book the same way I do movie tickets--just paying for that experience. So I don't care much if I can't read my e-books years down the road.

And besides, as far as I've read here it's pretty simple to strip DRM and convert to formats for other devices if the need arose down the road for those who do care.

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08-18-2009, 08:32 AM	#19
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It's very easy to assume that one's local situation is what applies world-wide. The Kindle is so prevalent in the US, that possibly people in the US don't realise that it's just not a significant factor elsewhere in the world at the current time. That may of course change if Amazon do release it in Europe.

08-18-2009, 04:30 PM	#20
dmaul1114 Wizard Posts: 2,300 Karma: 1121709 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 1	The e-book and e-reader market is still very young and is very much a niche still. As such, it really is still anyone's game since there's no device having success in the mainstream. They're just selling to fairly avid readers who are comfortable with technology at this point. I have a K1, but I don't have that much concern about the future. I generally will only read a book once, and would generally buy a hardback of a book I loved and wanted to read again. So I kind of look at paying $5-10 for an e-book the same way I do movie tickets--just paying for that experience. So I don't care much if I can't read my e-books years down the road. And besides, as far as I've read here it's pretty simple to strip DRM and convert to formats for other devices if the need arose down the road for those who do care.

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