It really comes down to most
major eReader companies evolving past super cheap devices and competing with better hardware and core features.
There are a few threats — multi-purpose devices becoming much better for reading, multi-purpose devices becoming much cheaper, Publishers choking off the supply of ebooks,
the major eReader companies collapsing.
Where all
the major eReader companies have gone down this route, Sony has been very reluctant to.
Not exact matches
At the same time that
major bookseller Barnes & Noble announced a drop in its quarterly net income, the
company announced a new version of its Nook Tablet
eReader device.
Tamblyn said the last
major innovative barrier for
ereaders was waterproofing, which it achieved with the Kobo Aura H2O last year — though omitted from the new Glo HD — and that the
company's focus was now on «usability and adoption».
The
companies behind
eReader apps for the iPad and iPhone must have been told the new rules were finally to be enforced, and
major changes were noticed this weekend by The Digital Reader that include the removal of Google Books from the iTunes App Store.
There were already more established
ereaders, offered by more well - known
companies, when they entered the market, and they had no big retailer support, whereas in many of the international markets where they've gained a substantial following they were partnered with a
major bookstore chain and arrived before the Kindle was available.