Is The Page Finally Turning For E-Book Readers?
The Amazon Kindle is expected to account for 60 percent of the e-book reader market by year's end. hide caption
In this week's All Tech Considered, we discuss E-ink, the Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook e-book readers and other aspects of the emerging e-books market.
E-books have begun to flourish since a new generation of models began appearing in 2007; Forrester Research recently revised its estimates upward on holiday 2009 sales of the devices.
Last week, Barnes & Noble announced a new device, the Nook, which will be available in November for $260. It has several features to set it apart from Amazon's Kindle including a color touch screen below a standard 6-inch e-ink screen that will display full-color book cover images.
Other links related to this piece:
- Lots of e-book technology was on display at a San Antonio displays conference I attended this summer. You can see a video about future screens (including color e-ink) here.
- A good piece from Wired about the difficulties in bringing color to e-book readers.
- Is the Nook's LendMe feature more limited than customers might like?
- Amazon is preparing a Windows version of its Kindle. You can already read Kindle books on iPhones.
- A massive comparison chart of e-book readers that use e-ink and those that use LCD technology including products from Sony, iRex and others.
Are you curious about e-book readers? Do you already have one? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments.