Amazon Kindle Fire: Might Be The Best Tablet Yet!
Okay I’d never thought I’d say this, but I think Amazon has truly gotten it right with the new Kindle Fire. Now I cannot speak on it for sure because it is in pre-order at the time of this writing, but here are the features about it that has the folks over at Amazon very excited!
There are movies, apps, games, music, reading and more, plus Amazon’s revolutionary, cloud-accelerated web browser:
1. 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books
2. The Amazon Appstore – thousands of popular apps and games (like angry birds!)
3. Ultra-fast web browsing – Amazon Silk4. Free cloud storage for all your Amazon content (I love this feature)
5. Vibrant color touchscreen with extra-wide viewing angle (touchscreen!)
6. Fast, powerful dual-core processor
7. Amazon Prime members enjoy unlimited, instant streaming of over 10,000 popular movies and TV shows (Not tons of popular movies and shows, but I appreciate the effort.)
While I love my iPad, I must admit that this seems like the cost affective alternative that is going to knock the Nook out and other reading tablet devices like it.
You can read, surf the web, and play games? Hmmmm at the $199 price point, I think most of you will jump on it. Remember you can read my articles on your Kindle too.
What are your thoughts on the new Kindle Fire?
Ebook Sales Increase — Sales Are Still On The Rise!
eBook Month
March is eBook month here at my site. I chose it because the second week of March was National eBook Week and because the weather is so weird on the East Coast of the U.S. during March, I rather stay in and read — a lot of ebooks! Evidently, I’m not the only one. Ebook sales saw a tremendous increase lately. In fact, according to The Association Of American Publishers, ebooks sales rose 115% in January beating out both paperback and hardcover sales during that same month.
Even Time Magazine proclaimed that the E-Book Era is here.
It’s more important than ever to think about writing your first ebook for your business — which is especially easy if you have existing content (articles). Remember your articles can do more than just sit on an article directory or your blog — you can use them to create your own signature ebook. I’ll be talking more about how to do just that very soon so stay tuned!
Ebook Week
It’s Read An eBook Week this month. March 6 – 12th. That’s right, the ebook is officially 40 years old this year and to all you die hard hardcover and paperback readers, I totally understand. I like the feeling of paper in my hand as well, the smell of a new book, BUT the future of publishing is upon us. And I just as easily fell in love with both my Kindle and my iPad. I don’t want you to miss the boat.
According to Amazon, for the first time since they’ve been in business, they now sell more ebooks then they do physical books. Barnes and Noble’s is selling a great deal of ebooks as well, especially with the release of their revamped eReader – Nook.
Major New York publishers are on the ebook train kicking and screaming – but they’re here. It’s rare now to see a major book release that doesn’t have a digital version of some sort.
Let’s face it, internet marketers were ahead of their time:) Your clients and customers learn through various forms of media and the ebook is one of them – actually the major one. If you’re not on board, it’s time that you get with the program and learn how to write and publish ebooks that your prospects will find irresistible.
The easiest way to create your first ebook is to repurpose articles you already have sitting around on your hard drive, and I’ll talk about this more in depth. So stay tuned!
New To eBooks?
This week is a great time to purchase your first ebook and give it a whirl. If you don’t own an eReader (Kindle, iPad, Nook, Sony) or a smartphone with an eReader app (Android, iPhone) – you can always purchase and read one on your desktop or laptop. You’ll just download the PDF version.
I thought this was interesting. If you own a Kindle or a device with a Kindle App, then this might interest you and help you save a little money.
http://kindlelendingclub.com/
