{"id":4361,"date":"2010-01-15T11:00:23","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T16:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=4361"},"modified":"2010-01-15T11:03:23","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T16:03:23","slug":"will-amazons-kindle-win-or-lose-too-many-variables-to-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=4361","title":{"rendered":"Will Amazon’s Kindle win or lose? Too many variables to call."},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks Jorgen<\/a><\/strong> for an article at ITWorld<\/a><\/strong> that suggests eBook Reader Kindle<\/strong> will die a slow death in a competition with the various tablets coming on the market, while parent company Amazon<\/strong> will gradually win the monopoly on actual eBook sales (the books\/content).<\/p>\n

This, the article predicts, will be the result of a new world where tablets<\/strong> dominate.\u00c2\u00a0We’re told the new\u00c2\u00a0multifunction devices will win out over the special focus features of E Ink or\u00c2\u00a0E Paper-based\u00c2\u00a0eBook readers. I agree that tablets are going to be a dominant\u00c2\u00a0handheld tech-form, but\u00c2\u00a0if selling technology to a global market tells us anything, the next new machine does not necessarily mean the rubbish heap for the last old one.<\/p>\n

The technology market is maturing, and represents a wide enough range of consumers. There will be room and<\/em> demand for access to\u00c2\u00a0a technosphere of devices that suit individual preferences. While the competition is going to cause some extinctions, the variables in a global marketplace\u00c2\u00a0driven by\u00c2\u00a0consumers in different age, economic, political\u00c2\u00a0or cultural backgrounds will make market\u00c2\u00a0predictions like the article’s more and more difficult to make.<\/p>\n

It’s not an either or situation.\u00c2\u00a0Price is the only thing that will drive Kindle out of the hardware business. If they continue to\u00c2\u00a0overcharge for a conglomeration of fairly old technology that has relatively few functions, then\u00c2\u00a0sooner or later, someone is going to price an eBook Reader (or other device)\u00c2\u00a0based on its\u00c2\u00a0function. (We’ve talked about the $99 price point being the key to eBook Reader ubiquity…)<\/p>\n

Amazon should retain the eBook (the books\/content) selling crown, but it is a vast, flexible and unique marketplace that is changing the game, or is it changing the change<\/em>. When an author or publisher\u00c2\u00a0can sell directly to the reader, middlemen have to remain relevant. So, price will decide this race too, yah<\/em>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks Jorgen for an article at ITWorld that suggests eBook Reader Kindle will die a slow death in a competition with the various tablets coming on the market, while parent company Amazon will gradually win the monopoly on actual eBook sales (the books\/content). This, the article predicts, will be the result of a new world … <\/p>\n

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