eBook Retailer
- Sony Reader: One of the latest handheld readers for eBooks, featuring breakthrough technology in its “electronic paper” display, touted to be as easy to read as a printed page. Only a half-inch thick, and at 9 ounces, it presents an attractive alternative for eBook reading. The battery holds for up to 7,500 page turns.There are currently two models of the Sony Reader available: The original PRS-500 and the newer PRS-505.
- amazon.com: Amazon, one of the largest and most popular online book sites, also sells a broad range of products across multiple categories to a worldwide audience. The hallmarks of their business are service, convenience, and a laser-like customer-centric focus. In addition to revenue sharing arrangements, they offer third-party partners expertise and co-sourcing in e-commerce, customer service, and technology.
- eBooks.com: eBooks.com aims to be the pre-eminent eBookstore on the Internet, selling whole books, chapters and pages of books online from the world's leading publishers. eBooks can be purchased and downloaded immediately by customers anywhere in the world at prices that are cheaper than printed books. Their list currently offers 80,000 popular, professional and academic eBooks. As with all eBooks formats, additional channel sales and royalty benefits are available to publishers and authors.
- www.barnesandnoble.com: From its vast warehouse links, B&N supplies more than 1 million titles for immediate delivery – more than any other online bookseller. B&N considers itself a premier destination for books, music, DVDs, Audiobooks, and offers a Meet the Writers program, B&N Jr., specializing in children’s books, videos and music, and a music store with downloadable clips.
- www.powells.com: A family-owned, Portland-based bookstore chain with significant community involvement, Powells was the first to popularize the combination of new and used, hardcover and paperbacks under one roof. They create reader-centered, destination bookstore environments, and were among the earliest to establish online bookselling.