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Even more e-readers: now with backlit E Ink.

Looking for meaning in Microsoft's investment in the Nook - the end of dedicated e-readers?

Though e-books are rising in popularity, print remains the foundation of Americans' reading habits. Most people who read e-books also read print books, and just 4% of readers are "e-book only." Audiobook listeners have the most diverse reading habits overall, while fewer print readers consume books in other formats.

Amazon started life as a book retailer, and as a book retailer they made books cheaper. Then they were pioneers in the e-book industry where they made books cheaper. Their recently announced plan to give readers free e-book copies of books they buy in physical form doesn't make books cheaper per se, but it does give readers greater value for their book-buying dollar. This is all great stuff. But not everyone agrees. Emily Gould complains that "When ebooks and pbooks are bundled, the ebooks are sold at a loss. That's authors', publishers' and, associatively, non-AMZN retailers' loss" and "frustrating we have to keep explaining that ebook production is not free. digital objects are not made by elves."

Barnes & Noble said it would drop the price of the Nook to $199. Responding rapidly, Amazon.com cut the price of its popular Kindle e-reader below the Nook, to $189.

Best Buy announced on Sept. 9 that it will begin selling Amazon's Kindle in stores. Best Buy will then be the only retailer where consumers can compare, in person, the Nook, Kindle, and Sony readers, plus the iPad.

Publishers need to recognize that readers are shifting to ereading, and for this group if it's not in e-book format it doesn't exist.

The high price of e-readers ($650) is going to be too much for many. I haven't seen any content incentives and I think that might be able to lure a few people in. For example, with the purchase of an e-reader you get a yearly subscription to a magazine and newspaper of your choice.

If ebook readers succeed, will publishers be smarter than the music industry in the face of digitization and the web? Some guidelines on how publishers can avoid some of the mistakes of the music industry peers

Thanks for posting this, Arnie. I've been watching the rise of the Kindle for a while. It popped up at various publishing conferences a few years back. As a reader, it does have some appealing qualities. But, the product is too expensive to go mainstream just yet, in my view. I'd be nervous to schlep a $400 device on international trips with multiple time zones/hotel stays. It's okay if I accidentally leave a paperback behind in a plane or forget it in my hotel room, but you'd have to be careful with a Kindle--it sort of changes my perception of reading materials when I'm traveling.

LONDON (Reuters) - The television will dominate home entertainment for another year in 2010, showing more staying power than newspapers and even their digital reincarnation the e-reader which could both

Amazon.com today unveiled its long-awaited color tablet, the Amazon Kindle Fire, at an event in New York that also saw the introduction of two new e-readers. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the tablet, which ships Nov. 15, would retail for $199. "We're building premium products at non-premium prices," he said.

Almost everybody loves an underdog. Still, it's a monumental leap of faith to suggest that a small fry has much of a chance at toppling the Goliath of the electronic reader market, Amazon.com.

Hotels in New York, Miami, and Turks & Caicos are now offering guests Sony Readers for loan. New York's storied Algonquin Hotel, meanwhile, already offers Amazon's Kindle.

Wonder how this one will do...

Barnes & Noble plans to introduce its own brand of electronic-book reader, jumping in among challengers to Amazon.com's Kindle device." />

The Intel Reader is intended to assist people who are blind, dyslexic, or have weak vision.

Brings up interesting point comparing e-readers to digital cameras, rather than mp3 players inasfar as how fast they caught on.

Condé Nast and Adobe are building a digital version of Wired magazine for electronic reading devices, as publishers struggle to render magazines on e-readers." />

Popularity of eBooks has soared to unprecedented levels. Paper-bound books are getting replaced by numerous technologically enhanced e-reader devices like Kindle or Nook. Following digitalization of books and changing preference of readers, many book publishers have gone or are planning to go digital.

Could be a significant change in the competitive landscape for e-readers and e-books