Comments on: The $149 Nook: Are eBook Prices the Next Battle? http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2010/the-149-nook-is-the-ereader-battle-over/ The publishing community for the 21st Century Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:16:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Patricia Arancibia http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2010/the-149-nook-is-the-ereader-battle-over/comment-page-1/#comment-34120 Patricia Arancibia Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:45:47 +0000 http://digitalbookworld.com/?p=3729#comment-34120 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @glecharles When nook dropped to $149, it was inevitable that ebook prices would follow, driven partly by self-pub: http://bit.ly/dH7oBQ</span></span> RT @glecharles When nook dropped to $149, it was inevitable that ebook prices would follow, driven partly by self-pub: http://bit.ly/dH7oBQ

]]> By: Reading Is Fun(damental) | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2010/the-149-nook-is-the-ereader-battle-over/comment-page-1/#comment-5701 Reading Is Fun(damental) | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:10:33 +0000 http://digitalbookworld.com/?p=3729#comment-5701 [...] the inexplicable lure of the $149 WiFi-only Nook, for now, when it comes to long-form reading, I’m still a hardcore print [...] [...] the inexplicable lure of the $149 WiFi-only Nook, for now, when it comes to long-form reading, I’m still a hardcore print [...]

]]> By: Skaitmeninės knygos ir elektroniniai skaitytuvai | Logarium http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2010/the-149-nook-is-the-ereader-battle-over/comment-page-1/#comment-3521 Skaitmeninės knygos ir elektroniniai skaitytuvai | Logarium Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:54:57 +0000 http://digitalbookworld.com/?p=3729#comment-3521 [...] The $149 Nook: Is the eReader Battle Over? http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2010/the-149-nook-is-the-ereader-battle-over/ [...] [...] The $149 Nook: Is the eReader Battle Over? http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2010/the-149-nook-is-the-ereader-battle-over/ [...]

]]> By: Lisa Duggan http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2010/the-149-nook-is-the-ereader-battle-over/comment-page-1/#comment-2838 Lisa Duggan Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:30:08 +0000 http://digitalbookworld.com/?p=3729#comment-2838 We speak as if the iPad, and other multi-function tablets to come, will remain priced at $400 and above. When those prices start dropping, single use, dedicated e-readers become less and less valuable. Even at the current price the iPad is a good value for a family of four, providing email, shopping, movies & reading. Tablet prices will continue to drop as ebook inventories continue to increase. A Universal Library located in the cloud is inevitable & coming and will render the content war moot. What I often lament is/was B&N's failure to take advantage of their real strength — as the dominant brick & mortar bookstore — and capture more of the early e-book reader market share by HANDING EVERYONE WHO ENTERED THEIR STORES A GODDAM NOOK! B&N captured our dollars & hearts by creating the modern "reader destination," and they could have capitalized on that by setting up Nook reader stations — I pictured long tables with low lights ala the NYPL — where shoppers could sit and plug in for a few hours and fall in love with the digital book experience. And drink coffee. And repeat. We speak as if the iPad, and other multi-function tablets to come, will remain priced at $400 and above. When those prices start dropping, single use, dedicated e-readers become less and less valuable. Even at the current price the iPad is a good value for a family of four, providing email, shopping, movies & reading. Tablet prices will continue to drop as ebook inventories continue to increase. A Universal Library located in the cloud is inevitable & coming and will render the content war moot.

What I often lament is/was B&N’s failure to take advantage of their real strength — as the dominant brick & mortar bookstore — and capture more of the early e-book reader market share by HANDING EVERYONE WHO ENTERED THEIR STORES A GODDAM NOOK!

B&N captured our dollars & hearts by creating the modern “reader destination,” and they could have capitalized on that by setting up Nook reader stations — I pictured long tables with low lights ala the NYPL — where shoppers could sit and plug in for a few hours and fall in love with the digital book experience. And drink coffee. And repeat.

]]> By: Jack W Perry http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2010/the-149-nook-is-the-ereader-battle-over/comment-page-1/#comment-2836 Jack W Perry Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:49:09 +0000 http://digitalbookworld.com/?p=3729#comment-2836 This is just the beginning of the eReader price war. Expect a $99 eReader this Fall. This is just the beginning of the eReader price war. Expect a $99 eReader this Fall.

]]> By: Scott Nicholson http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2010/the-149-nook-is-the-ereader-battle-over/comment-page-1/#comment-2831 Scott Nicholson Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:40:48 +0000 http://digitalbookworld.com/?p=3729#comment-2831 Didn't publishers realize they were being played for fools by Apple for a cheap publicity push? Did they really expect $15 ebooks would last? Or was it a stopgap for a good quarterly report? This is a content war more than a device war (though sometimes the two are related). Looks to me like Amazon wins no matter what. Scott Nicholson http://hauntedcomputer.blogspot.com Didn’t publishers realize they were being played for fools by Apple for a cheap publicity push? Did they really expect $15 ebooks would last? Or was it a stopgap for a good quarterly report?

This is a content war more than a device war (though sometimes the two are related). Looks to me like Amazon wins no matter what.

Scott Nicholson
http://hauntedcomputer.blogspot.com
Scott Nicholson´s last [type] ..Ebook price move

]]> By: Rich http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2010/the-149-nook-is-the-ereader-battle-over/comment-page-1/#comment-2830 Rich Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:32:45 +0000 http://digitalbookworld.com/?p=3729#comment-2830 I understand the eReader debate, because it is immediate, and in front of us today. But each time I read an article about the Kindle, Nook, Kobo, or any other one-dimensional, ePub-beholden reading device that simply replicates the printed book experience, I can't help but think we're missing where it's all going. I think these are temporary devices that will soon be relegated to basement storage boxes and looked upon longingly like my old Sony cassette Walkman. I can't help but think we are spinning, irreversibly towards a transmedia future, where books become evolved media packages, unique to whatever genre or category benefits are appropriate, and whatever the community of users - be they romance or cookbook or book club-style fiction or self-help - desires and demands. When this happens -- and it is destined, no? -- the Kindle and the Nook will be dinosaur devices, incapable of drawing in the world on the other side of the Internet. What am I missing here? I understand the eReader debate, because it is immediate, and in front of us today. But each time I read an article about the Kindle, Nook, Kobo, or any other one-dimensional, ePub-beholden reading device that simply replicates the printed book experience, I can’t help but think we’re missing where it’s all going. I think these are temporary devices that will soon be relegated to basement storage boxes and looked upon longingly like my old Sony cassette Walkman. I can’t help but think we are spinning, irreversibly towards a transmedia future, where books become evolved media packages, unique to whatever genre or category benefits are appropriate, and whatever the community of users – be they romance or cookbook or book club-style fiction or self-help – desires and demands. When this happens — and it is destined, no? — the Kindle and the Nook will be dinosaur devices, incapable of drawing in the world on the other side of the Internet. What am I missing here?

]]> By: Cathy http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2010/the-149-nook-is-the-ereader-battle-over/comment-page-1/#comment-2824 Cathy Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:45:38 +0000 http://digitalbookworld.com/?p=3729#comment-2824 I am happy with my ereader (ECOreader) that simply gives me a good read on titles transferred from my laptop. What bugs me is paying for a digital title and not being allowed to transfer it to my handheld reader. As for browsing on the move, I use my smartphone (4.3inch screen), yet still prefer reading a book on my specialised ECOreader. I am happy with my ereader (ECOreader) that simply gives me a good read on titles transferred from my laptop. What bugs me is paying for a digital title and not being allowed to transfer it to my handheld reader. As for browsing on the move, I use my smartphone (4.3inch screen), yet still prefer reading a book on my specialised ECOreader.

]]> By: Christina Katz http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2010/the-149-nook-is-the-ereader-battle-over/comment-page-1/#comment-2820 Christina Katz Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:10:07 +0000 http://digitalbookworld.com/?p=3729#comment-2820 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">The $149 Nook: Is the eReader Battle Over? | Digital Book World http://shar.es/mKiii [Interesting...]</span></span> The $149 Nook: Is the eReader Battle Over? | Digital Book World http://shar.es/mKiii [Interesting...]

]]> By: Suzanne Best http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2010/the-149-nook-is-the-ereader-battle-over/comment-page-1/#comment-34738 Suzanne Best Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:34:57 +0000 http://digitalbookworld.com/?p=3729#comment-34738 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @DigiBookWorld: Will the eReader Price War lead to lower-priced eBooks? http://bit.ly/cdmTsC</span></span> RT @DigiBookWorld: Will the eReader Price War lead to lower-priced eBooks? http://bit.ly/cdmTsC

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