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krish · 07-30-2010, 06:55 AM

Amazon most likely selling with modest profit. At that price point, they would take advantage from huge increase in sales in no. of units and their main cash cow is their well developed kindle book store. Also advantage for Amazon pricing is they directly sell and not through dealers.

Dedicated ebook reader manufacturer can never able to match their price. What is expected from pocketbook is very good quality hardware design (sturdy design, not cheap plastics), excellent user friendly firmware with regular upgrades listening to customer feedback, good service. With all these advantages, people would be willing to pay premium price.
Hardware quality would definitely play an important role in decision making of regular non-computer savvy customers.

07-30-2010, 06:55 AM	#12
krish Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 14 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Pocketbook 302, Kindle 3(Wifi), Sony PRS-950	Amazon most likely selling with modest profit. At that price point, they would take advantage from huge increase in sales in no. of units and their main cash cow is their well developed kindle book store. Also advantage for Amazon pricing is they directly sell and not through dealers. Dedicated ebook reader manufacturer can never able to match their price. What is expected from pocketbook is very good quality hardware design (sturdy design, not cheap plastics), excellent user friendly firmware with regular upgrades listening to customer feedback, good service. With all these advantages, people would be willing to pay premium price. Hardware quality would definitely play an important role in decision making of regular non-computer savvy customers. Last edited by krish; 07-30-2010 at 07:03 AM.