How Amazon will win (and lose) the eBook market
An eBook is two things. First, it’s an abbreviation of eBook reader, which is a computer used for displaying electronic books. Second, an eBook is digital content — an electronic file that contains the words and images that constitute a book. Amazon will lose the eBook reader market, and dominate the eBook book market. Here’s why.
Kindle, DRM & the case for an ebook Marketplace
I’ve never really invested in all that much digital music – I don’t own an iPod or another manufacturers’ PMP and I’ve only ever bought a few tracks online (and never with DRM) – instead using Spotify, the streaming music service, initially free and subsequently as a premium subscriber (which kills the ads and gives better quality audio), but I do love reading. I’d much rather read a book when travelling than listen to music, and it’s books that distract me from tech before I go to sleep each night. I’m also pretty obsessive about keeping my books in pristine condition: I’m one of those bizarre people who don’t like to crack the spine, and as such end up peering into a carefully spread gap.
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