Amazon is expected to announce a new version of its Kindle reader next week. It also plans to offer Kindle books on cell phones. Google also announced that 1.5 million public domain books will also be available via cell phone. Will more people start reading e-books? Some trends such as the economy and cutting costs, protecting the environment, the rise of self-publishing industry and marketing, the increase of e-books titles and the decline of the newspaper industry point to this fact. If you want to read more about the economics of the electronic vs paper newspapers, check out a blog post on the Silicon Valley Insider.
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/printing-the-nyt-costs-twice-as-much-as-sending-every-subscriber-a-free-kindle
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/printing-the-nyt-costs-twice-as-much-as-sending-every-subscriber-a-free-kindle
