Tuesday, November 16, 2010

E-readers expected to be popular gift this Christmas; iPads, not so much | TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics

E-readers expected to be popular gift this Christmas; iPads, not so much | TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics:
"The New York Times suggests that this is going to be the “tipping point” holiday season for e-book readers. Though Kindles have been hot Christmas gifts over the last couple of years, this is the first season that e-readers are going to be widely available for under $150 (and indeed, under $100 in some cases). This means, in turn, that a lot more e-books are going to be sold to read on those e-readers."

Fingers crossed for a great boxing day sell-off. All the hardware with slow e-ink screens, or tablets that can't be upgraded past Android 1.6, should drop in price again. Keeping an eye out for sub-$75 sell-offs.

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