If that happens, nobody will make much money off
e-reader hardware sales.
Not exact matches
It would also stimulate
hardware sales, selling
e-readers for less than the competition.
Amazon has driven most of the competition out of the
e-reader market because the Seattle company can afford to sell their
hardware as cheap as possible, knowing they can make it up with e-book
sales.
CEO Michael Tamblyn told Good
e-Reader that this model accounted for 25 % of all
hardware sales in 2013.
How about, now I am just spit balling here, how about the guild and authors, get together, make the
e-reader of our dreams, and self publish then collect 75 % of the
sales and the other 25 % will be used for better designed
hardware, and online storefronts?
The move into Australia helps Sony eventually roll out new
e-readers and garner domestic
sales for
hardware and digital content.
Given the dramatic and continuing plunge in
sales, I wonder if this means they will scrap plans for a new
e-reader later this year, or if they'll see it as critical to have new
hardware to sell during the holiday season.
Cheaper
e-readers will give the right impetus to Amazon's content
sales clearly, Amazon is not looking to sell its
hardware what it wants is a strong user base to buy its content.
Barnes & Noble's Nook
hardware sales have been sliding as part of a broader softening of the dedicated
e-reader market, and while its e-book
sales have continued to grow, they haven't been able to offset the damage.
Amazon has launched a new
sale that includes nearly all of its own
hardware, including the Echo Dot, Fire Tablet, Fire TV Sticks, Kindle
E-readers, and more.
E-readers have been growing in popularity at a fairly rapid rate over the past few months and not only have such devices seen tremendous
sales, but
hardware makers have even begun to launch new devices in this category, finally setting the basis for price competition.