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2 New e-Book Offerings
Amazon’s Kindle – Photo from Engadget
This fall, Amazon is to offer The Kindle – an ebook device based on E Ink technology at a price point of $400-$500 which will work with their new ebook service. The Internet-ready device will have the added feature of Web-surfing, and the ability to read both newspapers and magazines.
Rather than a device, Google will offer a service this fall which will allow members to read full-text books which it has indexed. Book publishers will decide on pricing for their own titles and share revenues with Google.
Incidentally, Sony’s e-book reader is still on the market at a cost of $300 and is also based on the E Ink technology.
For more coverage, check out these stories:
Envisioning the Next Chapter for Electronic Books – The New York Times
Amazon & Google To Enter eBook Business – TechCrunch
Amazon’s Kindle and Google’s Book Thing: More eBook Readers – CrunchGear
