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The advent of self-publishing has launched an entirely new range of opportunities for aspiring and current authors who have desires of getting a book published.

eBook e-mania, e-reader devices and the computer tablet craze enhances every aspirant writer and artist to simply e-publish any of their works quickly and easily!

Amazon.com introduced their first computer tablet with Wi Fi and services, the Kindle Fire, to the eagerly awaiting public, users and competitors and has amplified the battle.

This appears to bring digital products and devices wars into full campaign mode. Amazon.com announced and presented four (4) new electronic digital e-reading devices at such reasonable prices that definitely encourage consumers to purchase their services and products.

They introduced the Kindle Fire as their special overture to achieve their company and product goals for the consumer.

Amazon.com Quotation:

“We are excited to announce four new products: the all-newKindle for only $79, two new touch Kindles – Kindle Touch andKindle Touch 3G – for $99 and $149, and a new class of Kindle – Kindle Fire – a beautiful full color Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games, web browsing and more, for only $199.”

Jeff Bezos, the creator and Internet Guru of Amazon.com affirmed this product is not simply a tablet. He further explained they wanted, ”a way to bring together a remarkable product,” and their “Amazon Web Services, Amazon Prime, Amazon Kindle, Amazon Instant Video, our MP3 store, and Appstore for Android.”

The stylish and smart technological Kindle Fire device runs on Google’s Android operating system and has a dual-core processor with a 7-inch color touch screen display, and weighing in at 14.6 ounces.

The Kindle Fire supports Amazon’s cloud and streaming Prime services, playing MP 3 formats and quickly loads web sites. Additionally, Kindle Fire owners will not be limited to the device’s built-in 8GB of memory as they receive free online storage for movies, books, and music.

The extraordinary factor for this device is the Kindle Fire finally offers availability and options no other e-reader/tablet on the market achieves. Amazon.com’s tablet device allows access and execution to all types of its existing content including movies, TV shows, music, documents and applications including support for all the popular video formats such as Adobe’s Flash.

Furthermore, similar to current Kindle e-books, movies will also sync between devices wirelessly allowing the user to continue watching a movie from the same stopping point they may have been viewing on another device.

The Kindle Fire intends to eliminate cables and allow updating wirelessly via Wi Fi in future models.

Additionally, mentioned, Whispersync, an application included and utilized to download and play movies, TV shows and other kinds of content the E-Ink Kindle displays cannot manage. Also referenced, was “Amazon Silk”, a “smart and split browser” utilizing Amazon Cloud Network, along with the Kindle Fire application to load Internet Web Pages faster.”

The Kindle Fire pricing is $199. It will be available for pre-order and ship Nov. 15.

Kindle E-Ink e-reader new models were introduced with pricing at $79, $99 and $149. As previous, the devices are pre-registered with the user’s Amazon credentials and library.

Kindle Fire versus iPad

In consideration, if the market or consumer expects the Kindle Fire to replace or compete with the iPad, on point for point comparison, it does not compete. While each device is technically incomparable, the iPad cannot compare to the Kindle Fire in reasonably priced services and variant offers including terms of browsing technology, or ability to match Amazon’s cosmic digital products, libraries and capabilities.

There is a vast segment of the population who will never spend the higher prices for Apple products; especially becoming a hostage to their perpetual upgrade cycles and services.

Apple sets an example of indignation with their avoidance to accept the Adobe Flash standard compatibility for applications available to consumers. It has also been reported that many programmers, writers and designers fall into disagreements on royalty payment percentages by Apple. Many agree that Apple presses for every dollar from their customers, and unashamedly takes advantage of their control position.

It is possible with the onset of the Kindle Fire, and its exacting development, the near future may see Apple demonstrate more concern for customer price satisfaction, acceptance of standard compatibility consequence and a more competitive marketplace for the iPad. Apple’s arrogance toward standard applications may be effectively challenged by Amazon’s increased tablet device improvements.

What the future may bring is not yet realized. Nonetheless, currently the Kindle Fire is a nice device, but not an iPad replacement.

The Kindle Fire has a lower resolution screen, and is 7″ versus the iPad 10″. The Kindle Fire has a slower processor than the iPad.

Nevertheless, for many non-techie consumers, the point is they may want a tablet e-reader style type viewer and not necessarily require the technical ‘content creation’ abilities or the camera on a 10 inch device. These particular type consumers will most probably purchase the Kindle Fire.

In summation, the iPad may have a competitor, except for diehard Apple loyalist aficionados.

eBook Readers and Tablets:

• Amazon Kindle 3, Kindle Touch, Kindle DX, Kindle Fire Tablet
• Apple’s IPad (includes Video)
• Asus Eee Slate
• Barnes & Nobel Nook or Nook (Color)
• BeBook Neo
• Bookeen Cybook Opus
• Ectaco Jetbook E-Book Reader
• EnTourage eDGe
• Franklin EBM-911 eBookMan
• Hanvon N518,
• HP Touchpad Tablet,
• Iriver Story HD (Google E-Book-Reader), IRiver Story
• IRex DR800SG
• Kobo E-Reader
• Motorola XOOM
• Pandigital Novel
• Pocketbook 701 IQ
• QUE ProReader
• RIM Blackberry Playbook,
• Skiff Reader
• Spring Design ALEX Reader
• SKYTEX Primer
• Sony PRS-505, Pocket Edition PRS 300, Daily Edition PRS 900, Touch Edition PRS-600, PRS-700
• Textr E-Reader
• Samsung Galaxy Tab, Papyrus
• Velocity Micro Cruz Reader
• Viewsonic VEB 620, G-tablet