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Kindle Touch 3G is among the four brand new versions of Kindles launched on Sept 28 2011. Kindle Touch 3G offers Free 3G for life, works with Wi-Fi, has a 6″ E In Pearl display and works globally where ever 3G is there (a hundred countries). Due to be launched on November 21st, Kindle Touch 3G is available to be pre-ordered from Amazon. This Kindle Touch 3G review will give you a good sense of whats within.

Kindle Touch 3G picked up exactly where Kindle 3 left, and does best exactly what Kindle has been known for Loved for Reading. The top design goal has been to make Kindle Touch 3G much more user friendly, just like a physical book, so that you will get lost in reading through and never in the~ tech itself.

Kindle Touch 3G is simple to hold, read and control. Kindle Touch 3G has a brand new elegant design so it can be held easily however you choose to read. In contrast to the new edition of and prior versions of Kindle, Kindle Touch 3G features a full touch screen display which puts page turns, navigation and note-taking at your fingertips. You are able to tap unfamiliar phrases to call up meanings in the wikipedia, highlight sections of content to send to some friend, or even search, shop and type with a on-screen keyboard which pops up on display just when it’s needed.

While carrying out this Kindle 3G review I have taken a closer look at the Kindle’s display and design. The actual dimensions of the display is actually 6. 8×4. 7×0. 4 inches and also Kindle Touch display actually guarantees paper-like feel. It is an ounce lighter than the freshly-renamed Kindle Keyboard (i.e. the old Kindle 3) but a good thing we are able to say is that you briefly lose sight of the gadget itself and concentrate on the display.

Amazon created a brand new kind of touch experience which eliminates the weariness caused by continuously swiping to turn the page, and that allows readers hang on to Kindle with either hand while still turning pages easily. With EasyReach technology, Kindle Touch 3G users can effortlessly page forward in a ebook or a newspaper whilst holding the gadget with either hand.

In contrast to a laptop computer, Kindle Touch 3G never gets hot so you are able to read easily as long as you want. Amazon Kindle 3G is available at 149$ with special offers and 189$ without special offers.

You may possibly think that it is priced close to Amazon Kindle Fire, so, why not take that instead. Well, the answer is based on exactly what Kindle does best, it is without doubt the very best e-reader. Keeps your passion for reading unspoiled and causes absolutely no eye strain. With 3G, option, you don’t have to look for Wi-Fi internet and can download magazines via 3G.

In short, it is exactly what I love about Kindle the focus on enjoying reading with less of the surrounding clutter.

For a complete unbiased review I recommend this Kindle Touch 3G review .

Some months ago, Amazon announced that they were selling more Kindle books than hardbacks.Now they have advised that their Kindle books are outselling paperbacks. It seems to be just a matter of time before Kindle books are selling more than hardbacks and paperbacks combined.

It’s almost inevitable in a way.It seems reasonable to suppose that the type of person who is prepared to pay $ 139 for a Kindle is likely to be someone who reads a fair number of books, don’t you think? There will always be a few bibliophiles who prefer reading a “real” book – but, by and large, we do seem to be heading towards a scenario where e-books assume more and more importance in the book market.

There is certainly a good selection of Kindle books available for buyers to choose from.At the moment there are over 800,000 Kindle books on sale on Amazon’s Kindle store. That number is growing every day – and there are another 1.8 million out of copyright books which are available as free downloads. These include titles by authors such as Jules Verne, Emily Bronte, Charles Dickens, Shakespeare to name but a few.

Amazon has also released a variety of free apps to allow Kindle books to be read without the need for a Kindle reader. These exist for the PC, the Mac, the Apple iPad, the iPod Touch, the Blackberry smart phone and any device which runs Android. An app for the new HP tablet computer is said to be in the pipeline. This means that users have no need to worry about their Kindle becoming obsolete. Each app also acts as an extra retail outlet for Amazon.

Currently, Amazon are thought to have approximately 90% of the e-book market. Obviously that can’t continue, and industry analysts are forecasting an approximately equal three way split between Amazon, Google and Apple by 2015. However, many of those same analysts predicted that the launch of Apple’s iPad would be the death of the Kindle, and they got that wrong didn’t they?

In fact, the latest third generation Kindle reader is selling faster than ever before. It was Amazon’s best selling product (again) over the 2010 festive sales season, and the Kindle has now been Amazon’s best selling product for eighteen months. On the basis of recent sales trends, the forecast Kindle sales for 2011 has been raised from 5 million to 8 million. Whilst some rationalisation of the market seems certain in future, there is little sign of the dominance of Amazon’s Kindle reader diminishing significantly in the short to medium term.

E-books and e-book readers are a relatively new development. All the same, they seem to have been adopted very rapidly by the public. A good deal of the credit for that must surely go to the Amazon Kindle reader – in particular the Kindle 2.0 which was launched in February of 2009. Amazon’s upgraded third generation Kindle was unveiled in August of 2010 and, despite doom laden predictions for the Kindle following the launch of Apple’s iPad, is selling more quickly than ever. There’s little doubt that it was the Kindle 2.0 that really helped e-books to take off.

Equally important was the large number of Kindle books available. Amazon has always been well in front of the following pack when it comes to the number of titles available. At the moment they have more 750,000 Kindle books available on their website – and those are just the paid titles. There are more than 1.8 million out of copyright titles which can be downloaded free of charge.

However, although the public seems to have taken to e-books, it’s debatable if the same can be said for many of the major publishing firms. The introduction of e-books has totally changed the traditional publishing cycle. E-books are not only cheaper than traditional printed books – there’s no reason why they wouldn’t be released alongside the conventional printed hardback version. There’s no need to wait months for the paperback edition to appear, the e-book version is available immediately.

Obviously, having a cheaper version available at the same time as the hardback is something which could impact upon the sales of hardback books. According to Amazon, they are currently selling 180 Kindle books for every 100 hardbacks. This seems to have created a bit of a stir for many of the big publishing houses. They have already crossed swords with Amazon regarding the pricing of e-books.

Publishers such as Hachette, Penguin and Harper Collins recently adopted the “agency model” for their e-books. In plain English – the publisher sets the sales price, not the retailer (Amazon). This has seen e-book prices rise – in some cases to the point where they cost more than the hardback version.

Kindle users retaliated quickly by awarding “one star” reviews to books where they felt that the Kindle book price was excessively high. Some fairly terse comments were left on Amazon’s website – mainly aimed at the publishers – and it was suggested that prospective customers boycott both the hardback and the Kindle versions until prices are fixed at more reasonable levels. Some prices have already fallen.

It seems to be an almost suicidal tactic by the publishers to adopt such an artificial method of raising prices. It doesn’t seem unreasonable to suppose that e-book readers owners read a lot of books. If you only read a book a month then you would hardly invest in an e-book reader would you? In other words, e-book reader owners are the target market for the major publishing houses.

It seems obvious – just even – that e-books should cost less than traditional books. In addition to the lack of paper, ink and bindings, they have virtually no delivery fees associated with them. They are also more environmentally friendly – even when the materials used in the e-book readers themselves are taken into account. It seems likely that the owners of e-book readers could work this out and that they would, quite reasonably, expect prices to be set accordingly.

Whilst it’s not out of the question that the publisher’s tactics may help to maintain their profits in the short term, they run the risk of antagonising their best customers by adopting this approach. Unjustified price levels seem likely to annoy the buying public and, after a few one star reviews and public calls for buying boycotts, authors would presumably also be somewhat disenchanted. Publishers have every bit as much to gain from the e-book revolution as the public. The savings apply on both sides of the fence, publishers save money – which should be passed on to the public. If publishers can modify their business model to accommodate e-books, then they will continue to enjoy success. On the other hand, if their desire for short term profits inures them to the possible opportunities offered by this new medium, they will be rejected by both their authors and their readers.

The fairly recent growth in the popularity of e-books has some very significant implications for the future of publishing. As a result of the increased popularity of e-book readers – such as the Amazon Kindle for instance – e-books have rapidly been accepted by the general public. It would be very easy to consider them as no more than another way of delivering written content. However, they may prove to be the most significant change to reading since Gutenberg invented the printing press.

That may sound just a little melodramatic – but the fact is that e-books totally change the traditional printing cycle. Normally publishers release hardback books followed, typically between a few months to a year later, by the paperback version. Obviously there is no reason why the e-book edition wouldn’t be published at the same time as the hardback.

As e-books don’t use any paper, bindings or chemicals, and since they don’t require to be shipped – their selling price should be less than a conventional physical book. What this means is that the e-book version could be made available at a reduced price concurrently with the hardback book. That could have a serious impact on the profits of the big publishing houses – especially if you consider that the people who own e-book readers are likely to be fairly heavy readers.

Some fairly heated discussions have already taken place between Amazon – who planned to price all e-books at $ 9.99 or less – and the publishing houses. For a brief period, books by McMillan were removed from Amazon’s website. Things have quietened down a little at the moment – but it seems probable that e-book prices will fall in future.

However, there are definitely some very positive aspects for publishing firms. Publishers will have lower costs when marketing e-books, so they should still be able to turn a profit. Alternative techniques for promoting books will also be opened up.

Amazon’s collection of Kindle books is the largest available on the web right now. They have over 700,000 titles available – and there are a further 1.8 million out of copyright books which can be downloaded free from Amazon’s website. Most of these were published before 1923, but there are other examples of modern books which can be downloaded at no cost.

Publishers offering modern, sometimes recently published, books for free are becoming more common. Sometimes this is done for a short period. It lets them promote a new title or author and the increased number of downloads could cause the book to move upwards in the best sellers list. After it has risen in the rankings, publishers can begin charging for it and benefit from the added publicity. You might also find the first title in a series being made available free of charge. Obviously the idea is that readers will go on to buy further titles in the series – assuming that they enjoy the opening volume.

Of course, both of these techniques could have been used with printed books. However, it would cost quite a bit more and would, therefore, be a somewhat riskier exercise. It’s clear that e-books are now a permanent – and important – addition to the book market. No doubt there will be some publishing firms who will attempt to safeguard their profits using somewhat restrictive techniques. It will be the ones that are best able to adapt to the new digital publishing landscape by offering value to both authors and readers who survive.

The Amazon Kindle reader has been an enormous success for Amazon since it was originally launched in November of 2007. The upgrade Kindle 2.0, released in February 2009 was a huge influence in the rapid growth and development of the e-book reader market and the new Kindle 3 reader, unveiled at the end of July 2010, has been selling faster than ever.

Amazon have advised that the new Kindle 3 has been selling faster than any earlier Kindle did during the equivalent post launch time slot. It’s a very different scenario to the widely forecast death of the Kindle that so many industry watchers were anticipating following the Apple iPad’s appearance on the scene.

It’s a compliment to the Kindle – albeit a backhanded one – that, until now, its only realistic competition has come in the form of a multi-functional tablet computer which costs over three times the price of the Kindle. If Amazon to increase the Kindle price by a factor of three, it seems fair to assume that some additional features could probably be added.

However, that seems to be an unlikely course of events. The Kindle has set its stall out as a specialist e-book reader. The iPad is a versatile device. They are two totally different kinds of gadget aimed at different market sectors. A side by side technical comparison is likely to be a fruitless endeavour.

Even so, it’s interesting to see that there are now games being made available for the Kindle. Apple’s iPad is clearly far and away the better device for playing games on – the Kindle’s e-ink technology display, whilst ideal for an e-book reader, is not suited for any application which requires a rapid screen refresh rate.

So it should come as no great surprise that the types of games appearing for the Kindle are mainly numbers games and word puzzles. Right now, Scrabble is the most popular Kindle game. Other options include Sudoku, crosswords and general word puzzles. So we’re not talking about Grand Theft Auto or even Super Mario here – but, without wanting to get into stereotypes, it does make some sense that someone who reads a lot could conceivably also enjoy solving word puzzles and doing crosswords.

Scrabble for the Kindle is currently selling for $ 4.99 and is the best selling game for the Kindle at the moment. Other games seem to range from $ 0.99 to $ 4.99. We are even beginning to see some free games appearing, a trend which – if Kindle games develop along the same lines as Kindle Books – will most likely grow in future.

Amazon recently announced that, in the 4 weeks following the launch of their newly enhanced Kindle 3, more Kindle readers were sold than during the same time period following any earlier Kindle reader launch. The new, improved Kindle is not just in high demand – it is the fastest selling Kindle reader ever. Amazon didn’t reveal precisely how many Kindles were sold, but they did confirm that, since the release of the upgraded Kindle, customers have purchased more Kindles on Amazon.com and the new Kindle store at Amazon.co.uk combined than any other product.

Amazon unveiled their latest generation Kindle 3 at the end of July. The new Kindle 3 houses the same size of 6″ display in a smaller (21%) and lighter (15%) casing. Page turns are 20% quicker and the memory size has been increased fro 2GB to 4GB – that’s enough for 3,500 books. With the Wi-Fi turned off, the battery will now last for a month – even with the Wi-Fi on, a 10 day life is achievable – and the e-ink technology screen has had its contrast improved.

Amazon also introduced an entry level Wi-Fi only model, for customers who don’t anticipate the need for 3G. This sells for $ 139, with the 3G plus Wi-Fi model selling for $ 189. Those prices represent huge reductions in comparison with the earlier $ 359 Kindle price tag. It’s a clear indication that the e-book reader market is maturing.

During the first half of 2010, Amazon sold 3 times as many Kindle books as they did during the same period of 2009. There are now in excess of 670,000 titles available on the Kindle store – not including the 1.8 million free classic books on offer.

The Kindle continues to be Amazon’s top selling item. It is also the most gifted and most wished for item on Amazon’s website.com and Amazon.co.uk. With the strong sales returns for the Kindle and the latest technical upgrades, it would be easy to overlook the significance of the opening of the UK Kindle store at Amazon.co.uk. There are 400,000 Kindle books available at Amazon’s new UK store – which could be a significant factor in boosting international sales still further. If it proves to be successful – and why wouldn’t it be – it seems probable that further “local” Kindle stores in France, Germany, Japan etc. – and any other country with its own independent Amazon website – might be opened.

Whilst the Apple iPad continues to offer competition, this doesn’t seem to concern Amazon very much. For the moment at least, the price differential between the Kindle and the iPad is large enough to make the Kindle the natural choice for most customers who are primarily interested in reading books. As the e-book market matures, much more emphasis will be given to the sale of e-books as opposed to e-book readers. The fact that Kindle books are outselling iBooks by a ratio of sixty to one speaks volumes.

Since it was first released way back in November of 2007, the Amazon Kindle reader has consistently been the best e-book reader on the market. That’s why it has enjoyed such a high level of success to date. Back in the third quarter of 2009, when every electronics manufacturer was trying to get a piece of the emerging e-book reader market, any new reader was instantly hailed as the Kindle killer. The simple reason for this is that the Kindle was, and still is, the industry benchmark.

The recent release of the upgraded third generation Kindle reader has increased the gap between Amazon’s reader and the following pack even more. It’s worth noting that the latest, and quite possibly most credible, Kindle killer isn’t another e-book reader but the Apple iPad. This is a totally different type of device, which sells for considerably more than the Kindle and – looked at as a pure e-book reader (an unfair comparison) – doesn’t measure up to the Kindle in certain areas.

The improvements in the third generation Kindle include a higher contrast screen, extended battery life, twice as much memory, faster page turns and an enhanced PDF reader. The device is also smaller and lighter – and it now comes in a choice of two colors – white and graphite. Amazon has also launched an entry level reader with Wi-Fi only for those who don’t envisage the need for a 3G connection. This is priced at just $ 139 – getting close to the $ 99 impulse buy threshold for personal electronic devices. The 3G plus Wi-Fi model is priced at $ 189.

As well as these various technical improvements, and almost unnoticed by many, Amazon opened a separate Kindle store for the UK market. UK customers can now buy their Kindles locally as opposed to getting the international version shipped across the Atlantic. This only took a few days to do – but some customers may have been put off by exchange rates and having to use a credit card (debit cards are more common in the UK). Amazon has just launched a major television advertising campaign in the United Kingdom and it may be that this, together with the “local” UK Kindle store could generate a lot of sales for them. If the venture proves to be successful, further local stores could open for France, Germany and the other countries with local Amazon websites.

It wasn’t long after the Kindle 3 was released before Amazon had, once again, sold out of Kindles. Customers are pre-ordering Kindles for delivery in three to four weeks time, with the readers being shipped on a first come first served basis. All things considered, there’s absolutely no sign that demand for the Kindle is falling off – which is hardly surprising given the quality of the product.

Up until now, reports of the death of the Kindle have always been premature, and that still seems to be very much the case. The Kindle and the iPad are completely different devices and there’s very little point in trying to compare them with each other. The Kindle is, by a long way, the best e-book reader available on the market. That’s why it will survive and continue to sell well – and also why Amazon will remain a dominant force in the digital publishing market in future. Some people will prefer to continue to read conventional printed books – whether in hardback or paperback format. Others will transfer to an e-book reader, in which case the Amazon Kindle will be the most popular choice (as will Kindle books). Others will be primarily interested in surfing the net, watching videos and playing games when they’re out and about, reading only the occasional e-book from time to time – and they will most likely choose an iPad. You will be able to get your reading material from Amazon, whatever your personal preference is.

At the moment, Amazon is enjoying tremendous success with its new, third generation Kindle reader. An upgrade – which includes a new display with 50% better contrast, lighter and smaller casing, quicker page turns and double the memory capacity – accompanied by a reduction in price and the introduction of an entry level Wi-Fi only model, has seen demand for the Kindle reader soar.

At the moment, the third generation Kindles are sold out and potential customers face a wait of three to four weeks before any new ones start shipping. Kindle books are also outselling traditional hardback editions on a regular basis. It can only be a matter of time before e-books begin to sell more than paperbacks.

Amazon has also launched a dedicated UK Kindle store so that UK customers don’t require to have their readers shipped across the Atlantic and can pay for their Kindle purchases in sterling rather than dollars. It seems probable that further “local” Kindle stores will be opened for other Amazon international websites such as Germany, France etc. in the relatively near future.

Currently, everything in the garden is rosy for Amazon. Reports of the Kindle’s demise at the hands of Apple’s iPad seem to be premature and largely inaccurate. The Amazon policy of releasing free “apps” which allow Kindle books to be read on a wide variety of different devices seems to be paying dividends. So, considering what a massive success they have enjoyed with their first manufactured product, it’s hardly surprising that Amazon is rumored to be considering developing prototypes for personal tech gadgets other than the Kindle in their Lab 126 research facility.

Although Amazon has been tight-lipped on the subject, it’s thought that they may be thinking about music/movie players and possibly some kind of mobile phone. However, industry analysts suggest that, were Amazon to enter the market with another gadget, they would need to be sure that they were adding value rather than just releasing another piece of personal electronic tech onto the market.

Much of the success of the Kindle reader must be attributed to Amazon’s strong association with books and reading in general. The huge number of Kindle books available – over 630,000 and increasing every day – and the fact that these can be read on so many other devices has been a real feather in Amazon’s cap. Any new gadget that Amazon decided to release would certainly need some similar type of support in order to achieve anything approaching the level of the Kindle’s success.

The recent growth in the popularity of e-books and e-book readers has been heavily influenced by Amazon. Amazon’s Kindle reader first appeared on the market during November of 2006 and further updates followed with the release of the Kindle 2.0 in February of 2009 and the launch of the third generation Kindle in August 2010. The large format Kindle DX was launched in the summer of 2009 and was also updated in August 2010.

A great many industry analysts suggested that, notwithstanding the influential role of Amazon in the development of the e-book reader market, the release of the Apple iPad would signal the demise of the Kindle reader. However, after the third generation launch – accompanied by some price cuts – Amazon sold out of Kindles (yet again). It appears that demand remains sky high for what is now Amazon’s number one selling product.

Many readers have warmed to e-books quite rapidly. Others have an attachment to physical books. However, for most people the ability to carry large quantities of reading material around with them, coupled with the ease of operation offered by e-book readers, has turned out to be a winning combination. Recent reductions in the selling price of e-book readers, possibly brought about by the iPad’s launch, have sweetened the deal sufficiently for many readers.

Amazon recently announced that they are now selling more Kindle books than traditional hardback books. As e-books use no paper or ink and have no delivery fees, they tend to sell at lower prices, which certainly helps. It can’t be very much longer before e-books begin to sell more than paperbacks.

Apart from the price, the ease of purchase of e-books is another driving factor. Readers can download a book to their Kindle in less than sixty seconds, at any time of the day or night, just as long as they can connect to Amazon’s Kindle store.

A possible area of concern for some customers was the worry that they would be “tied” to one particular e-book reader. This issue has been very effectively addressed by Amazon who have released a large number of free “apps” to allow Kindle books to be read on a wide range of different devices. At the moment, Kindle books can be read on the PC, the Mac, the iPhone, the iPad, the Blackberry smart phone and any device which runs the Android operating system. It’s a smart move by Amazon. Not only does it address customer’s concerns about being tied to one particular brand of hardware but every new app acts as a separate retail outlet for Amazon’s massive selection of Kindle books. Current figures suggest that around about 20% of all Kindle book sales are read on non-Kindle hardware.

All things considered, it looks like e-books are here to stay and that they will gradually account for a higher and higher percentage of book sales. It also looks likely that Amazon will remain as one of the driving forces in the digital publishing arena for some time to come.

This time last year, the new market for e-book readers was really taking off – gold rush style. Following the huge success which Amazon had achieved with its Kindle reader – first with the Kindle 2.0 in February of 2009 and then with the large display DX model in the summer of the same year – a small army of personal electronics firms seemed to be developing, releasing or updating e-book readers of their own in order to grab a share of the new and rapidly developing market.

Sony and Barnes and Noble were bursting a gut to get their new readers launched before the 2009 festive season and Samsung, Plastic Logic, Asus and a host of others were rushing to get their readers on the market as fast as they could. The Computer Electronics Show (CES), held in Las Vegas in early 2010, had a dedicated e-book reader section for the first time ever. E-book readers were a hot developing market.

Right now however, no more than a few months later, it’s an entirely different scenario. The price of e-book readers has tumbled. The new third generation Kindle now has an entry level Wi-Fi only model on offer for just $ 139, less than half of the $ 359 price at which the Kindle 2.0 launched. Barnes and Noble have also dropped the price of the Nook reader to S 149 – and this will probably be cut again before the festive season.

Several new e-book readers which were going through the development process – including Plastic Logic’s Que – have been cancelled. The market appears to be entering a new phase in its development – whether there will be a place for pure electronic manufacturers in future or not is somewhat debatable. The Amazon business model lends itself very well to selling lower priced readers and making a profit on the follow up sales of Kindle books. A similar strategy would be available to Barnes and Noble of course, but it’s debatable as to whether or not they can benefit from the same types of economies of scale as Amazon.

Clearly it would be somewhat naive to ignore, or even play down, the impact of Apple’s iPad in this. There’s little doubt that e-book reader prices would have come down anyway – but the iPad has certainly hastened things along quite a bit. However, bearing in mind the fact that the new third generation Kindles sold out shortly after they were released, the iPad doesn’t look like the Kindle Killer that it was expected to be.

Even putting the debate about e-ink displays being easier to read on than backlit screens to one side, there is – at this time – enough of a gap between the price of the Kindle and the price of the entry level iPad to ensure that the Kindle will continue to be the more attractive option for anyone who just wants to read books. The monthly connection fees for the iPad will also not be to everyone’s taste.

It does look as if there is sufficient room in the market for both the Amazon Kindle and the iPad to co-exist – for the foreseeable future at any rate. Other manufacturers, including major players like Sony and Barnes and Noble, will probably struggle badly if e-book reader prices keep falling.