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

If you happen to be a seller of info products, templates, eBooks or other type digital delivery items on eBay, this policy will affect you immediately.

Ebay’s announcement instructs Sellers to list Digital Delivery items in Category, [Everything Else], [Information Products] under [Classified Ad Format].

Those are straightforward instructions, if you can get it to work. It seems it works intermittently when testing and in reading others accounts.

eBay announced in early 2006 they were implementing an Auto Digital Delivery System for those selling and or offering digitally deliverable items. They even went so far as initially requiring payment via PayPal and Immediate Payment Only. That later was retracted due to conflicting processes. The fact remains that eBay will institute new procedures and policies, apparently, at the drop of a hat, with short-sighted-investigation into any actual reality of the policy and its effect on sellers as well as buyers.

I often wonder what qualifications Executives and Managerial Staff in Public or Private companies can own up to. Just how smart are they? eBay company and staff so many times reminds me of people sitting in rocking chairs. Always staying busy, but never going anywhere. Additionally, eBay jogs my memory of a tail wagging the dog instead of the dog wagging its tail!

Implementing a Digital Delivery System one year and then axing it the next with the lead time of a five day notice, surely, should represent and display a great deal of insight (could also be ‘incite’ because it inflames so many members);into eBay as a company.

The fact that eBay decided to implement new policy is not the real tribulation. What is so discouraging is the fact eBay gave such short notice to those reputable and long-standing members who have no part in any eBay shenanigans and policy manipulations.

What could have been eBay’s consideration to those that earn income to feed babies or put food on the family table; or for that matter of fact, senior citizens who pay utilities high-energy costs with the extra income earned from digital downloadable products?

Of course, there is always a work around; and, inevitably, there will be other alternatives when changes occur. This in reality is not as disastrous as when a tornado strikes without warning.

Frankly, an announcement with such major changes, in allowance for only five days notice, is not a realistic business action; At least, not by a highly regarded and community caring organization, in my humble opinion.

Stay tuned for some alternative action, you as a digital products seller can take immediately to prevent too much loss to income, as much as possibly feasible.

In the interim of my next post, where I will provide instructions to obtain your domain name, hosting space and learn the ins and outs for promoting and selling your digital products on the Internet ; stop by http://www.createEbooksEZ.com and read what products I am currently offering. I think you will find all that is included such as the software, tutorials and resources to be what you may be seeking to advance your Digital Products Business.

Kindest Regards, B. Robert

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There is so much to list on the advantages for using OpenOffice.org Writer, Impress and other modules, I will discuss each one individually.

To be continued…..