The market for electronic books in Colombia is in the making. According to the Colombian Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications (CCIT), only 1.5 percent of the editorial content acquired are digital. In other countries, such as England, the percentage of acceptance of this format reaches 85 percent.
Users agree that reading through tablet screens or cell no it’s comfortable.
The average time for reading a TIME article on the web does not exceed five minutes in the best, reaches 12.
Therefore, the presence of electronic readers (e-readers) on the market is essential to boost digital content: they are devices that look like small tablets, but come to a technology called electronic ink. Through the same experience that offer paper books simulates
In the Colombian market and we find at least two families of these technological items. Papyre Grammata and the Amazon . Kindle
We could test two models: the 630 Papyre and Kindle Paperwhite
2014. In terms of design, the difference is noticeable: the Kindle has a thickness of 9 mm, against 9.5 Grammata device. However, for the reader of the Spanish company, Papyre comes with a case body and attached buttons to move your body and refresh the page.
The biggest differences are noticed when we turn on the two devices: the Papyre takes about 26 seconds versus almost 40 Kindle
But the image quality offered by the Amazon device is superior.. It follows that the cause of this phenomenon responds to device software because, on paper, both readers have 6-inch screen with resolution of 758 by 1024 pixels with E-ink technology Pearl. The sharpness of the letters in the Kindle is much higher
And the main weakness of Papyre lies in its software. It feels more rustic, complex to use, and your answer is slower. Kindle interface seems more friendly and the response of the touch screen is almost immediate
Another aspect to assess the levels of backlight. In the Kindle are up to 24 levels lighting against eight of Papyre.
Up to that point of the evaluation, the victory seems logical for the Amazon device. However, a factor tips the balance in favor of competitor reader. Papyre supports open source ePub format, the most popular in terms of offering a story in electronic content
The Amazon store
Suno of the main attractions is its Amazon e-book store. The same can be accessed from a section located on the Kindle. Has a catalog of 120,000 titles in Spanish and hope to have 150,000 at year end.
The average price of each book is between 7 and $ 9. One of the gaps in the store is the scarcity of children’s content
Kindle. Best picture
In this comparison, the Kindle He leads praise for its image quality. The battery life is extended for eight weeks. However, this device does not allow reading the format most used in electronic content: the ePub. The user is required to buy books in Amazon’s own format (AZW), in Mobipocket PRC or pdf. The cost of Paperwhite 2014 is raised to the Colombian market: it is achieved by 429,900 pesos. The basic model costs 269,000 pesos, but no backlight
Papyre. Cheaper, but slower
The Papyre 630 costs less than Kindle: about 300,000 pesos, and accepts a wider range of formats: TXT, PDF, EPUB, PDB, FB2, RTF, mobi, among other
should improve its ‘software’.. It is slower than the Kindle and less friendly, and the image quality is significantly lower. For details on its availability in Colombia, visit the grammata.co page.
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