{"id":492835,"date":"2010-03-31T09:13:19","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T13:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/?p=43254"},"modified":"2010-03-31T09:13:19","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T13:13:19","slug":"why-i%e2%80%99m-sticking-with-amazon-for-my-e-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/492835","title":{"rendered":"Why I\u2019m Sticking With Amazon for My e-Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

The iPad<\/a> will be coming out in just a few days. There\u2019s a good chance that shortly thereafter, as soon as 3G versions are available in stores, I will have my hands on Apple\u2019s newest product. One of the principal reasons that I will be purchasing the iPad is to be my e-book reader. I have been an avid reader my entire life, and as something of a technologist as well, I have been waiting for e-books for as long as I can remember.<\/p>\n

Amazon, obviously, got the ball really rolling with the Kindle after years of stagnation in the market. Apple is going toe to toe with them with the launch of the iBookstore<\/a>. So when I have an iPad in hand I\u2019m going to be faced with a choice, use Apple\u2019s iBooks solution, or stick with Amazon\u2019s Kindle platform.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been thinking about this ever since the iPad was announced, going back and forth on the issue. On the one hand I have already made an investment in Amazon\u2019s e-book ecosystem, having purchased about 30 books to read on the Kindle app on my iPhone. That\u2019s about $300 invested, but even if I switch to Apple\u2019s iBooks app I can always have the Kindle app sitting next to it on my iPad if I want to read one of those titles. The iBookstore, however, offers several benefits over the Kindle app:<\/p>\n