Question

E-book readers existed for many years before Amazon introduced the Kindle, but few consumers were aware of the devices, and sales stayed at very low levels. In the days before the Kindle, e-book reading devices were ______ products for most consumers.

Answer 1

Answer:

E-book readers existed for many years before Amazon introduced the Kindle, but few consumers were aware of the devices, and sales stayed at very low levels. In the days before the Kindle, e-book reading devices were LUXURY products for most consumers.

Explanation:

E-books have existed in one form or another for more than 20 years now. Cheap electronic dictionaries for example, can be seen as one of the earliest e-books.

Sony, was probably the pioneer in modern E-books when they launched their product back in 2004. It could work on just AAA batteries and store up to 10,000 pages.

However, these were mostly seen as luxury products, which were expensive .

Amazon, used their market power to develop a whole e-book ecosystem that helped in the cheap prices of the devices and quick uptake.