This is eBook Universe

This is eBook Universe and we are just passing through it:

Reading Devices

·         Barnes and Noble

o   Nook Simple Touch -$99  

·         Amazon

o   Kindle (Fire- $79, Touch- $99)

·         Sony

o   Reader Pocket- $100, Reader Touch - $150

Other Mobile Devices

·         iPhone, iPod, iPad, Tablet, Android

o   Mobile apps

§  Iceberg, Course Smart, Kindle,  Nook,Kobo, iBooks

Benefits of these devices: light, small, paperless, instant delivery of eBooks, read eBooks anywhere

Free eBooks on the internet

·         HathiTrust.org, Gutenberg.org, Scribd.com, Free-ebooks.net, Openlibrary.org

The Big Six Publishers have got to be feeling threatened by Amazon's new projects: Kindle Lending Library 

and the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Select which seeks to win over self-publishers.

Here is an interesting article about KDP Select  Amazon is very enticing for those new writers who want to reach a wide audience.   Other than the Big Six and other independent publishers, KDP is competing with Barnes and Noble's PubIt