Tag Archives: Amazon Kindle

Amazon’s Ad-supported Kindle Price: Too High?

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

TUAW on the release of an ad-supported Kindle from Amazon: “Still, the $114 price point seems a little silly; $99 would be a much better psychological buy-in point.” I think that $25 is a fair reflection of the value of … Continue reading →

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Apple’s subscription system: A mess

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

From ‘Apple Just Fd Over Online Music Subs’ | paidContent: “Music and video services do not have a 30 percent margin to give away to Apple NSDQ: AAPL. It means you’ll see them exit the market on iOS devices, paving … Continue reading →

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Apple denies content purchasing change, confirms content purchasing change

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

Apple’s Trudy Muller, talking to John Paczkowski: “We have not changed our developer terms or guidelines,” But wait… “We are now requiring that if an app offers customers the ability to purchase books outside of the app, that the same … Continue reading →

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Amazon caves in to Macmillan, pouts and sulks

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Macmillan E-books – kindle Discussion Forum: We want you to know that ultimately, however, we will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan’s terms because Macmillan has a monopoly over their own titles, and we will want to offer them to … Continue reading →

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Why Sony’s eReader beats the pants off the Kindle

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Sony‘s set to release some new ebook readers following on from the very-nice PRS505, and Jordan Golson at GigaOm looks at them and finds them wanting. His point is that the killer feature for ebooks is wireless. and makes some … Continue reading →

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