Category: Kindle Economics
Kindle Exceeds Expectations This Year
Early on, analysts were guessing that the Kindle had about 5 million sales in its 2010 future. Overall, an impressive gain after Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) managed about 2.4 million last year (according…
Kindle 3 Review Follow Up
I’ve had some time to play around with my new Kindle 3 and to read what other users are saying so now I’m ready to publish this follow up with…
Addressing the iPad/Kindle Spin
Well, the internet is abuzz today with talk of a recent report by a Citi analyst declaring the Kindle effectively dead in the water in the long haul. Now, if…
Why there will be fewer Kindle firmware updates in the future
Personally I’m used to updating software. Pretty much every week one or another piece of software on my PC updates – be it Windows itself, the antivirus, iTunes or whatever.…
Opening the Kindle to Third Party Developers
The Kindle is great for what it does, but it is by design somewhat limited to Amazon’s vision. I’ve written on this blog before about allowing third party developers on…
Want to Compete With Amazon? Slate Has Some Advice
Slate has an article about the best way to beat the Kindle in the eBook market. Their arguments are fairly compelling. They compare the eBook market to mp3 players, as…
Should Amazon Sell the Kindle in More Places?
Amazon has made a name for itself as a leader in online retail. It’s only fitting that when they developed the Kindle, they would use their existing marketplace to sell…
Kindle Economics #2 – Credit Suisse Issues Optimistic Report on eReaders
Financial services company Credit Suisse has issued a report that predicts eReader ownership by one third of adult book readers within 5 years. This would be a huge jump from…
Sprint Earnings Per Kindle User – Kindle Economics #1.1
According to nielsen wire, average Kindle user earns Sprint $2/month. Given 12 cents/MB price this yeilds 16.6MB on average downloaded by Kindle user per month. This includes book purchases, periodicals,…
Wireless Data Costs – Kindle Economics #1
Recently MediaShift blog mentioned some interesting numbers related to Kindle wireless data pricing: > Avg. file size = 1.2MB > Bandwidth cost = 12 cents MB > Selling price =…