Saturday, March 31, 2012

Amazon must adapt or lose out to Google

This article is very instructive about the coming tablet wars.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225707/Why_Amazon_can_t_win_a_tablet_price_war_against_Google?taxonomyId=15&pageNumber=1

I agree with the broad thrust of this argument. Google can afford to undercut Amazon. It has more resources and it has the ability to scale its operation.

The one uncertainty (that the above piece does not address) is the wild card that is Windows 8

I am not sure where Mircosoft will be placed when it produces its operation system later this year.

The impact of a greater spread of mobile devices will be good thing for content providers including Indie Authors. So lets see how it all pans out