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In this week’s 4MR podcast I look at the surprising success of the Amazon Kindle e-reader in the wake of the hit Apple iPad tablet. While many people expected the iPad to impact the e-reader market, instead the major players cut prices and Kindle sales tripled in the past month. Plus, Amazon announced a new line of Kindles that will cost even less — with no touch screen or color. Book publishing veteran and MediaShift contributor Dan Brodnitz talked with me about Amazon’s successful sell-everywhere strategy.
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Background music is “What the World Needs” by the The Ukelele Hipster Kings via PodSafe Music Network.
Here are some links to related sites and stories mentioned in the podcast:
Amazon’s new $139 WiFi Kindle for pre-order at Amazon
Amazon debuts new Kindle design, with Wi-Fi only version at MarketWatch
Amazon – Kindle Sales Growth Tripled Since Price Cut; E-Books Pass Print at PaidContent
Amazon sells out of Kindle at CNET
Tablets Are On The Rise But Don’t Count Out E-Readers – Or Amazon at PaidContent
What does Amazon.com’s rosy ebook news mean? LA Times’ Jacket Copy blog
Amazon Mobile Sales Topped $1 Billion In Past 12 Months at PaidContent
Wasn’t the Kindle supposed to be firewood? at CNET
Amazon – Kindle titles outpacing hardcovers at CNET
Also, be sure to vote in our poll about what you the future holds for the Kindle:
Mark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and Idea Lab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the Online Publishers Association. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter @mediatwit.
4MR is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in inventive ways. See tips for spurring innovation and digital learning at Learn.News21.com.
