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Since the release of the original Kindle from Amazon in 2007, e-book business has taken a new turn. Although it is not a new category in literature, e-books have been in the market since the 90s but they were limited to laptops and desktops. However, the new Kindle, e-reader, pushed the edge of the envelope […]
The e-book will cost Amazon $20 but it will sell it for let’s say $7 to boost the sales of its Kindles. Although Amazon is cutting its profits on books, it is actually investing in the sales of its e-reader. The low prices however, made falsified image on the consumers that e-books are less expensive […]
The new model is not a money maker, neither in the short term nor in the long term. As the previous price of the book was set at $7, the original price at any e-book store, $20, is out of question. So the publisher will set the price at let’s say $10. According to the […]
Barnes and Noble are taking the tablet competition pretty seriously and the evidence of such approach is the new upgraded Nook Simple Touch GlowLight that was launched this week. The release date however, falls somewhere in May. Pre-orders however, are in progress and the users can book the new Nook to-be-released in May for $139. […]
“I think this is going to do really well at this price point,” Iannone said. “This is a feature a lot of people are looking for in an e-ink e-reader. It’s the number one requested item from our users. It’s a killer feature.” Barnes & Noble considers its integrated GlowLight as a key differentiating feature. […]
The defeat of one party almost means the triumph of another, although if the other party is not directly involved in battle. This is what has happened to the U.S. government to demand Apple and several publishers to reconsider e-book pricing. But as Apple’s agreement and publishing’s were a triumph over Amazon, but now the triumph of the U.S. […]
Digital platforms like Netflix or Hulu, which offers unlimited access to movies and TV shows over the Internet, are revolutionizing the television in the U.S. In 2011, cable companies cancelled out more than a million subscribers for their subscription to go to streaming -system that allows them to view web content while downloading. The figure can go to a staggering three […]
Since its launch in December 2011 the only model of selling e-books, Amazon has become the best sellers in all categories in Spain. Though it’s cheap, it is also somewhat limited. It costs 99 Euros, compared with $ 79 in the U.S. They have recently released two models, Touch 3G and simple Touch, which can be bought […]
This article is a continuation of ‘Slaves in the Amazon – Part 2’. Valdimar do Nascimento is 29 and recently fled the farm where he worked. This man Marabá account that the accumulated debt to his employer cut his salary 56 euros a month for spraying fields from sunrise to sunset. Prolonged contact with the […]
This article is a continuation of ‘Slaves in the Amazon – Part 1’. It seems that these threats do not frighten many entrepreneurs, who continue to resort to lies to recruit workers from other regions. "In recent years Brazil has improved somewhat, but efforts are being made are still insufficient," says Sakamoto. Among the major […]
Thousands of people are exploited by powerful Brazilian agricultural entrepreneurs. Inspections and blacklist abusers fail to address the phenomenon. The rise of agrarian conflict afflicting the Brazilian Amazon has once again laid bare the social divide that persists in this region. Few powerful concentrate large tracts of land and benefit from their wealth, often causing […]
Samsung reached an agreement with Google on a strategic partnership in tablets and smartphones, where Google will provide the mobile operating system for the devices and Samsung will be responsible for the hardware. Over the span of two years both companies have produced a slew of smartphones and tablets. Samsung single-handedly fought a good fight […]
