In the past couple of years, Amazon has managed to develop one of the largest e-book stores around. The company has a powerful self-publishing platform that has enabled many small publishers to bring their work in front of Amazon’s audience. Unfortunately, some marketers have taken advantage of Kindle Direct Publishing to publish garbage and “private [...]

Apple has hit the jackpot with its iOS platform. When you pick up an iPhone or iPad, not only you get to purchase many useful applications and fun books from the app store, you also get locked in to this platform. The more money you invest in this platform, the harder it gets to leave [...]

Apple iPad has a long battery life in comparison to laptops and many other tablets on the market. But it can’t even get close to what devices such as Kindle offer. The next generation iPads may not be able to close the gap significantly, but they could potentially take advantage of solar power to offer [...]

We knew Apple was going places with the iPad. What we did not expect was the speed in which the company has increased its e-book market-share. During WWDC 2010, Steve Jobs announced that Apple had sold over 5 million e-books since the launch of iPad. That puts Apple’s Ebook market-share roughly at 22%. Steve Jobs [...]

People may be staying in lines to get their hands on iPhone 3G S, but that doesn’t make iPhone 3G S the top gadget to own these days. iPhone 3G S is a very capable device that comes with many new features. It has gotten a big boost from iPhone 3.0 OS as well, but [...]

I still remember how a few weeks ago people were talking about how Stanza was going to challenge Amazon Kindle by letting people read e-books on their iPhones. That’s before Amazon came out with its own application for the iPhone platform. It seems Amazon is not done with its adventures in the mobile world. Lexcycle [...]

Amazon has finally taken its first big step to take the Kindle platform beyond the hardware. Jeff Bezos did announce a few weeks ago that Amazon would be bringing the Kindle platform to mobile phone users, and he has kept up with his promise. Kindle for iPhone is a free iPhone application that enables you [...]

From the day Kindle 2.0 was introduced, we have heard how Amazon has grand plans for its Kindle shop. It seems the so-called “Kindle store” won’t be for Amazon Kindle only. Amazon is a book retailer, and I can understand if it targets mobile devices such as the iPhone to sell more books and reach [...]

In the past few days, I have read all kinds of articles about how iPhone 2.0 crushes the Kindle, and how Kindle 2.0 is no better than the first Kindle. I love the iPhone. I think Apple has done a lot of good things to make the iPhone the best gadget in the world. At [...]

I have argued many times on this blog about the merits of Amazon Kindle, and how I feel it is worth the money more so than Apple iPhone. But Apple iPhone is unquestionably the more popular gadget these days (with Apple’s promotion machine behind it). The good folks at PC World reported the other day [...]

I am sure you have of this iPhone application that allows you to read eBooks on your iPhone. Stanza has outperformed Amazon Kindle, but does that mean Amazon is in trouble as some are suggesting? I personally think Stanza’s market and Amazon Kindle’s market are totally different. You can’t honestly tell me that folks read [...]

There was an interesting article today on Washington Post about how iPhone and Kindle are revolutionalizing how people consume content these days. The New York times CTO was quoted as saying that he was excited about the potential for iPhone platform and Kindle is gaining traction among NY Times readers. But which one is actually [...]

I have read many reviews of the Amazon Kindle over the past few months. I can tell you that this is the best review I have ever read. I like the imagination of the author and how he explains the future of books. I have always wondered why a book, especially a novel, should ever [...]