E-reader prices slashed in battle
By Mae Anderson |
June 23, 2010, Wednesday
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A PRICE war is heating up in the electronic reader market in the United States, as Amazon cut the price of its Kindle e-reader below US$200 on Monday just after Barnes & Noble did the same with its competing Nook device.
On Monday, online retailer Amazon.com Inc slashed the price of the Kindle by US$70 to US$189, just a few hours after bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc reduced the price of the Nook by US$60 to US$199 and said it would also start selling a new Nook with Wi-Fi access for US$149.
Both the Kindle and the original Nook can wirelessly download books over high-speed data networks; the Nook also has Wi-Fi access.
Seattle-based Amazon has lowered the Kindle's price several times since the e-reader with a grayscale screen debuted in 2007 at US$399. In October, the online retailer dropped the price to US$259 from US$299. Amazon also sells a larger-screen Kindle, the Kindle DX, for US$489.
The Nook was released late last year for US$259.
Both e-readers are creeping closer to the price of bookstore chain Borders Group Inc's new US$149 Kobo e-reader, which will be available in July and work with Borders' online bookstore.
And the cuts mean the price gap between these products and Apple Inc's touchscreen iPad, which starts at US$499, is getting ever wider. The popularity of the iPad, along with a number of other tablet computers soon to be available that offer many functions, have pressured e-reader makers to lower prices.
On Monday, online retailer Amazon.com Inc slashed the price of the Kindle by US$70 to US$189, just a few hours after bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc reduced the price of the Nook by US$60 to US$199 and said it would also start selling a new Nook with Wi-Fi access for US$149.
Both the Kindle and the original Nook can wirelessly download books over high-speed data networks; the Nook also has Wi-Fi access.
Seattle-based Amazon has lowered the Kindle's price several times since the e-reader with a grayscale screen debuted in 2007 at US$399. In October, the online retailer dropped the price to US$259 from US$299. Amazon also sells a larger-screen Kindle, the Kindle DX, for US$489.
The Nook was released late last year for US$259.
Both e-readers are creeping closer to the price of bookstore chain Borders Group Inc's new US$149 Kobo e-reader, which will be available in July and work with Borders' online bookstore.
And the cuts mean the price gap between these products and Apple Inc's touchscreen iPad, which starts at US$499, is getting ever wider. The popularity of the iPad, along with a number of other tablet computers soon to be available that offer many functions, have pressured e-reader makers to lower prices.
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