Apple issued a press release today about the in-app subscription. There’s nothing truly new here, but this press release does give us a look inside the greedy mind of Steve Jobs. Here’s what Apple said about the in-app option: “Our philosophy is simple—when Apple brings a new subscriber to the app, Apple earns a 30 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'price'
Apple try to justify the in-app price gouging
February 15th, 2011 · 9 Comments · opinion, press release
Borders (US) dropped the price of the Kobo Wifi to $99
February 8th, 2011 · 5 Comments · hardware news
Borders sent out an email this morning announcing that the $99 sale price for the Kobo Wifi is now permanent. Unfortunately for anyone not in the US, no other retailer has followed suit. Chapters are selling it for $150 CAD, and Borders AU have it listed for $180 AUD. Yep, the US price is almost [...]
Baen to raise price of Webscriptions
January 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Toni Weisskopf, the Publisher at Baen Books, recently posted this bit of news on Baen’s Webscription ebookstore. (Yes, the monthly ebook deal is the same name as the ebookstore.) Hi Webscription Customers, I’m writing to announce a price increase in the normal monthly Webscription price. We will continue to guarantee four titles and deliver six [...]
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7% of US own an e-reader, study says
January 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment · surveys & polls
PWC have released the results of a study today that summarizes the current state of the ebook and e-reader market. PWC polled over 1000 online users in the US, UK, Germany, and the Netherlands. I’m still reading it myself, but I’m intrigued by some of the results.
OLPC XO-1.75 goes ARM, price drops to $188
January 9th, 2011 · 4 Comments · conferences & trade shows, hardware news
I finally made it to the Marvell booth Saturday night to get a look at the green and white wonder boy.
Amazon, B&N are in the middle of an e-reader price war TODAY
November 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments · sales
I wasn’t planning to do another BFS post, but one of my readers pointed out that B&N are selling refurbished Nook Wifi e-readers for $79. You can find them on Ebay, and they come with the standard 1 year warranty. I think I’m seeing a pattern here. The Nook shows up in a Best Buy [...]
Viewsonic VEB 620 gets a price drop
November 18th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
One of my regular readers just sent me a link to an UK wbe retailer who are selling the VEB 620B at 129.99£ (~$206). The VEB 620 is a basic e-reader with a 6″ Eink screen, 2GB Flash, SD card slot, and support for Adobe DE DRM. It does not have Wifi or a touch [...]
Chinese e-reader price war is heating up
November 16th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Digitimes are reporting that Hanvon, MReader, and other Chinese e-reader manufacturers have lowered their prices for the domestic Chinese market. Hanvon Technology, currently the largest vendor of e-book readers in the China market, has lowered its retail prices by 200-300 yuan (US$30-45) on average, with the lowest price reaching 950 yuan, according to report by [...]
Waterstones lower price on 5″ Elonex e-reader
November 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Waterstones announced today that they’ve dropped the price of the Elonex 500EB e-reader to £79.99. This now makes the 5″ e-reader the second cheapest available in the UK, after that of the Imagin 5″, which is being sold by Waterstone’s competitor, WH Smith, for £64.99. The extra 5 pounds is worth, IMO. The 500EB supports [...]
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Kno to announce price and availabilty tomorrow
November 8th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
This was posted on their blog a few minutes ago. We get asked about pricing hundreds of times a day….
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