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CHART OF THE DAY: The Evolution Of How People Use iPads

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See the full post for more charts; I’ve included the one I found most interesting below

Here is a series of charts we made from data by Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster. Munster has been interviewing people in line for the iPad each year it was released. You can see the evolution of how people plan to use iPads.

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CHART OF THE DAY: The Evolution Of How People Use iPads

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March 17th, 2012 | Category: Amazon Kindle, Apple iPad | Leave a comment

E-Books on Tablets Fight Digital Distractions – NYTimes.com

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My e-ink Kindle is my primary e-reader again, in part for reasons addressed in this article

People who read e-books on tablets like the iPad are realizing that while a book in print or on a black-and-white Kindle is straightforward and immersive, a tablet offers a menu of distractions that can fragment the reading experience, or stop it in its tracks.

E-Books on Tablets Fight Digital Distractions – NYTimes.com

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March 5th, 2012 | Category: Amazon Kindle, Digital books | Leave a comment

Windows Phone Developer Exec Leaving for Amazon – Ina Fried – Mobile – AllThingsD

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Small world

Brandon Watson, who has been heading up Microsoft’s efforts to convince programmers to develop for Windows Phone, is leaving the company for Seattle-area neighbor Amazon.

“The rumors are true,” Watson said in a Twitter post. “The team is in great hands.”

At Amazon, Watson will lead a group working on Kindle applications for various Amazon-made and non-Amazon devices.

Windows Phone Developer Exec Leaving for Amazon – Ina Fried – Mobile – AllThingsD

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February 4th, 2012 | Category: Amazon Kindle, Windows Phone | Leave a comment

Android Reaches 39% Tablet OS Market Share (Standing On Amazon’s Shoulders) | TechCrunch

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I suspect the non-Kindle Fire/non-Nook part of the Android tablet market share is a rounding error.  Also see Ha! Your “Limited Function” Kindle Fire Is No Match for My Magical iPad! (AllThingsD) for related Tim Cook commentary.

Apple’s iPad reigns supreme from whatever angle you choose to look at the tablet market (profits, apps, quality, market share, mindshare, you name it), but research firm Strategy Analytics this morning said Android did manage to capture a record 39 percent tablet OS market share in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Apple maintains the lead with 58 percent market share in Q4 2011.

Android Reaches 39% Tablet OS Market… Continue reading: Android Reaches 39% Tablet OS Market Share (Standing On Amazon’s Shoulders) | TechCrunch

January 26th, 2012 | Category: Amazon Kindle, Apple iPad, Google Android | Leave a comment

New E-Books Land in Bargain Bin – WSJ.com

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U.S. residents can sign up to be informed of the Kindle Daily Deal here.  There are also lots of short-term no-cost book promotions; see this page for an example of an index.

So far there is no doubt that pricing a book at 99 cents can boost sales. "We had two Kurt Vonnegut novels priced at 99 cents last November in separate Daily Deals—his ‘Breakfast of Champions’ and ‘Mother Night,’" said Arthur Klebanoff, chief executive of RosettaBooks LLC, an e-book publisher. "Each title sold in one day the number of copies comparable to what we might have sold in a year."

The question is whether the increase in volume can offset… Continue reading: New E-Books Land in Bargain Bin – WSJ.com

January 23rd, 2012 | Category: Amazon Kindle, Book business | Leave a comment
 
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