Techie people still read, right? Although the medium and the format may have already changed, I still believe that many of us still find time to sit down and read a book or two. Oh, let me call it correctly – e-book.
If you’re not yet into e-books, well you’re in luck. It’s not hard to get into e-book reading today especially since you have several options on what e-book reader to get. Here are some of the e-book readers available in the market today in case your interested to join the e-book bandwagon.Amazon Kindle
Of course you’ve heard of the Amazon Kindle. What started as a 6-inch reader that displays e-books in e-ink against a gray background now has a larger 9-inch model. And it’s even going international as announced a few days ago. This means, that non-U.S. readers can now purchase the Kindle from Amazon and connect to the Amazon Kindle Store to get their fix of e-book goodness.
The Kindle’s closest rival in the e-book reader market. It supports multiple file formats including ePub and PDF. Aside from tying up with Google books, Sony has also established its own online e-book store. The Sony eReader price starts from $199.99 for the Pocket edition and $299.99 for the Touch edition.
These two e-book readers are currently the major players in the eReader market. But there are other manufacturers who are planning to join the fun.
LG’s Solar Powered e-Book Reader
LG recently launched its own e-book reader and it has caught many people’s attention because it is said to be solar-powered. It has a 10 centimeter wide thin-film panel that absorbs the sun’s energy to provide a full day’s worth of reading time. Other details of this e-book reader are yet to be announced but it is enough that we know that it is going to be one of those environment-friendly gadgets.
Plastic Logic’s Que Reader
Plastic Logic’s upcoming e-book reader has been getting a lot of attention lately. In fact just today, it has finally been christened as the Plastic Logic QUE e-Book Reader. It is also rumored that this e-book reader will tie-up with Barnes and Nobles which recently launched it’s online e-book store. With this tie-up Amazon should start worrying about its Kindle business.
When Asus announced that it will be coming up with an Eee Reader, many got excited simply because Asus was able to to bring the netbook market to where it is right now with its famous Eee PC netbook line. Hopefully, the Eee Reader would materialize soon, as Asus promises to bring down the cost of e-book readers to the level which majority of consumers will easily afford.
These are just five of the e-book readers that are expected to further shape the gradually becoming popular e-book reader market. Of course, it would be great if Google which announced its online e-book store recently, the Google Editions would join the fun and perhaps even with Apple and Microsoft might join the party soon.
These are all clever but the upcoming Apple iPod will render all e-Ink technology readers obsolete overnight. When you can read your ebooks, view videos, listen to music, play games, and check email with one device, who would pay the inflated prices for these. I’ve had two different ones, but never again will I buy anything so limited.
Also, he prices Amazon and others charge for ebooks is obscene. Yes, the royalties have to be paid, but how much is that? A very small profit would be acceptable because, when they download an ebook, they have lost nothing and paid almost nothing. I have over 700 books, magazines, and articles I have downloaded and all were free. True few are the latest releases, but I can wait. In the meantime, my reading jones is amply satisfied. I kill no trees, pollute no rivers, and use very little power.
Actually Ebook is one of the great digital product to make online money but many of people does not know hoe to promote there books.