Forrester Research analyst: 50,000 Kindles could be sold in a year
Fifty thousand Kindles the first year—that’s the sales projection of James McQuivey, an analyst at Forrester Research.
According to the Boston Globe, he “estimates that the other high-profile e-book, the $300 Sony Reader, can’t have sold more than ‘a few tens of thousands’ since its launch last year. While neither is a mass-market product yet, he said, both are strategically important because as the price of the screen technology drops both companies will have made strategic inroads into the marketplace.’”
So, gang, what do you think of McQuivey’s numbers—both their believability and what they made to e-books and e-paper in the grand scheme of things?
About the image: I’m tired of Kindle picture after Kindle picture, so this time around it’s Sony’s turn.
Related: Excellent article in Booksquare—Don’t Blame the Kindle for Piracy. Also see The Kindle as a piracy gizmo—plus Vanity Fair says, ‘Gadget makers want you to steal.’
And a link from Mike Cane: The Cult of the Kindle, Adrian Kingsley-Hugh’s ZDnet item. Of prime interest: “The DRM issue…bothers me. Well, not the DRM so much but the feeling that if this service did tank, you’d end up with a $400 paperweight and no access to the books you bought. Those who think that this can’t happen then it’s worth bearing in mind what happened to services such as Virgin Digital and Google Video. I’m always wary of the investment I have tied up in Audible.com, but at least there I didn’t have to buy a $400 reader to take advantage of the service. Remember, what DRM giveth, DRM can taketh away.”
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