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Originally Posted by Charbax
Alisa, I think probably after Christmas, as long as Amazon can produce enough screens to satisfy a very large international demand, I am sure the Kindle will be available at $1 with a 24-month $19 subscription to the Kindle Store. Where those $19 have to be spent during the month and cannot be transferable to the next month. It's just like the way telecoms subsidize the mobile phones exactly in the same way.
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For once, I will use this to be deliberately rude:
Amazon is currently selling all they can at $399. They will very likely not be able to meet the international demand. Why would they cost themselves money by offering to subsidize it?