#3036622 - 06/21/10 08:57 PM
EReaders Price Wars
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http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/21/technology/nook_price_cut/index.htm?hpt=T2Take that, Kobo. As e-reader competition heats up, Barnes & Noble responded Monday by cutting the price of its flagship Nook to $199 and introducing a low-cost, Wi-Fi-only version for $149.
Just hours later, Amazon (AMZN, Fortune 500) hit back. It slashed the price of its popular Kindle to $189 -- a deep discount from the original $259.
We have had a few conversations lately about E Readers. I just saw this article on CNN about price wars. If you are interested in buying one, now might be the time to keep a closer eye on them. I just quoted a small portion of the article.
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#3036634 - 06/21/10 09:11 PM
Re: EReaders Price Wars
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Yup, the free market at its best!
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#3036638 - 06/21/10 09:17 PM
Re: EReaders Price Wars
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No mention of the BeBook Neo... too bad, it seems to be the best of the bunch.
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#3036661 - 06/21/10 09:54 PM
Re: EReaders Price Wars
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We're getting there. Get to about $75.
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#3036694 - 06/21/10 10:25 PM
Re: EReaders Price Wars
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I prefer a paperback, but I'd like to reclaim shelf space. I'm not good at getting rid of books, much less dusting them. Plus, if these take off, maybe we could start keeping book "in print" rather than basically losing them to time. There are books from just a few years ago that are either very hard to get or super expensive used--and these are just average novels. We may see a wave of books that haven't been printed in years re-released if they don't have to be printed and warehoused.
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#3036715 - 06/21/10 11:01 PM
Re: EReaders Price Wars
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How much is it to put a book on a eReader?
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#3036720 - 06/21/10 11:09 PM
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We're getting there. Get to about $75. That will be my price point too. $189 is steep for me. Would rather use that on a Xbox Slim and read a real book.
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#3037754 - 06/23/10 04:27 AM
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http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/21/technology/nook_price_cut/index.htm?hpt=T2Take that, Kobo. As e-reader competition heats up, Barnes & Noble responded Monday by cutting the price of its flagship Nook to $199 and introducing a low-cost, Wi-Fi-only version for $149.
Just hours later, Amazon (AMZN, Fortune 500) hit back. It slashed the price of its popular Kindle to $189 -- a deep discount from the original $259.
We have had a few conversations lately about E Readers. I just saw this article on CNN about price wars. If you are interested in buying one, now might be the time to keep a closer eye on them. I just quoted a small portion of the article. I have to admit, seeing this topic made me wonder if the thread was about Scientology or some gobsh*te related to it... ...in any case, though I too like the feel of paperbacks in my hands, the idea of using a "padd" (to borrow a term from Star Trek) to access large text files does possess its own innate appeal.
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