Why it will take more than Just ePub format and Free google Public domain ebooks to Topple the Amazon Kindle

By Frestech on September 7, 2009 in Tech News

The ereader is not just about ebooks, and access to public format. It is also about price, content genre, service, convenience, features, internet access, and more…

The latest hype that Sony’s new ebook readers are about to take over the ebook world is ridiculous and premature.

Yes it now delivers wireless, ePub format, and access to google public domain ebook, and will be available at local retail outlets, but it is also more expensive than the Amazon kindle and it doesn’t offer access to magazines, newspapers, and blogs.

Unless Sony can find a way to drop the price, offer internet access and other features, it is still in for a fight.

let’s not forget what the public want! A cheap device with a lot of features, just like the iPhone.

I continue to make this anology because I have seen it!

The iPhone started at 500 bucks when it came on the scene, but only a few could afford it. Now a few years later, it is 99 bucks and just about everyone can afford it. Not to mention the large amount of additional features that comes along with it…which if you ask me, is what most people are interested in..not just the phone itself.

ebook readers will have to follow a similar model. It cannot just confine itself to just being an electronic book, it must offer more…especially for those who don’t really like to read.

The price will have to fall to somwhere around 90 bucks, it will have to offer internet access, easy access to books everywhere with very little restrictions, plus other features that the general public enjoy and find useful.

Yes, Sony has made progress, and google is plotting a coup, but it is going to take more than just mere manipulation of the general public to win customers. It is going to take substance.

He who delivers will come out on top. Thus far, the Amazon kindle is the only ereader with internet access, plus it offer new york bestsellers below 10 bucks…and yes you can access free books from numerous sources and read on the device.

The kindle store is not the only source of content as many would have you believe. You can always get the content from elswwhere and convert it to one of the many compatible formats which is relatively simple…considering the fact that Amazon offers a free service for that.

So it is going to take more than just epub format and access to free google ebooks to topple the kindle.

…and Amazon is not going to just roll over and die.