Essays on E-reader

Introduction

In this error of digitization, e-books are slowly and steadily posing a stiff competition to traditional print books. E-books are loved more by the younger generation whereas the older generation identifies more with the traditional print books . Despite the advantages that come with reading e-books such as ease of portability as well as convenience, they also have some shortcomings that can be addressed through the reading of traditional print books. The essence, therefore, is to incorporate both traditional print and e-books into ones reading culture.

Claim

The traditional print books will not go away, but e-books help us improve the ...

Amazon is one of the leading organizations on a global level and under the visionary leadership of Jeff Bezos; the company has been leading the e-commerce sector with its innovative and technologically advanced service and products. Jeff Bezos passion for reading and commitment to innovation led to the development and launch of the first ever successful e-reader tablet the Kindle in 2007, amid an array of competition in the e-reader market mainly Sony Reader and Iliad by the Rex (Goodman et al, 2014). Kindle features was inclusive of an easy to use interface and the key value proposition of ...

The graph below shows the demand and supply for E-books for various prices.

As can be seen in the graph, as the price for the product increases, the demand decreases. At the same time the supply increases. These are the laws of supply and demand. The equilibrium price and quantity for the market is the point at which the demand and supply curves intersect, i.e. the demand is equal to the supply. This price is $10 and the quantity is 8,000 units (Investopedia). When the government imposes a price floor of $12 in the E-book market, the quantity demanded will be 7,000 units, whereas the quantity supplied in the market ...

The concept of creative destruction is one of those ideas that seems obvious, but only after you already understand it. It comes from Joseph Schumpeter’s groundbreaking book, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, first published in 1942. Schumpeter pointed out that capitalism is an “evolutionary process” that “not only never is but can never be stationary” (p. 82). Using biological terminology, he characterized capitalism as: a process of industrial mutationthat incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one. This process of Creative Destruction is the essential fact about capitalism ( ...

1) Three concrete strategies to reduce external control federal agencies and private industry have on campus activities at UC Berkeley: a) Importance of Resource: Provide substantial incentives for STEM students to take on faculty/paid TA positions at UC Berkeley upon graduation. This would reduce the ability of private industry and federal agencies to benefit from the resources of skilled graduates in their own programs by funneling more of these graduates back into the campus program. This keeps these resources localized, and deincentivizes federal agencies and private industry from exerting the same level of control over funding of these fields ( ...

Keller Advertising Agency is one of the dominant agencies that have dominated the advertising market, due to its diverse client portfolio and the solid purchasing power in all the chief mass media formats. Our company has been handling various advertising campaigns of blue-chips companies. Chief international clients have chosen us as their advertising partners in the global market. These connections and emphasizes our well balanced client portfolio and the level of credibility they have on us. Our company has consistently maintained a big share in the mass media formats in most countries especially the television which bears the biggest volume ...

Introduction

Several companies such as apple, Sony, RIM, Barnes and Noble, Motorola and Kindle have released e-reader gadgets, a situation that has led to heightened competition. Competition in the e-reader market has benefited the customer by providing more choices at competitive prices. These companies have developed competitive gadgets which are bundled with attractive user packages. This paper compares the effectiveness of the iPad, the Nook and Kindle as e-readers.

Portability

Customers looking for e-book readers often consider the size, price and the functionality of the device. Size is of particular concern because large and heavy devices are less portable and difficult to ...

An e-reader is an electronic device which allows the owner to read books, newspapers and magazines on screen. The key selling feature of any e-reader is the question of space: if you are a keen traveler you can take an entire library of digital books with you and read the books wherever you like on a device that is smaller and lighter than the average paperback book. If your space at home is limited and you need access to lots of books, then an e-reader might be the answer. The latest models allow text to be translated, so that books can ...