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iTunes Music Store vs AmazonMP3

June 4, 2010
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A recent report by NPD Group concluded that the iTunes Music Store is responsible for 70% of the legal digital music downloads, while its major competitor, AmazonMP3 is responsible for 12%.  Other services such as Napster and Rhapsody account for remaining percentages each holding about 1% to 2% of the market.  When the Amazon MP3 [...]

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Amazon Launches Kindle for Tablets: If You Can’t Beat ‘em Join Them.

March 22, 2010
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Amazon announced today their Kindle for Tablets application which will be available on the iPad.  This follows their recent announcement of Kindle for Mac just last week.  I personally couldn’t help but think, “if you can’t beat ‘em, join them” – I think that is the approach Amazon is taking here and it is a [...]

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Amazon Kindle Publishing System Flaw

May 14, 2009
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Earlier this week Amazon opened its Kindle publishing platform to all blogs allowing bloggers to create a feed for their blog in the Amazon system. This allows bloggers to setup a RSS feed which they can charge Kindle subscribers to download and read. However, there within lies one small problem – anyone can claim your [...]

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