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Originally Posted by abookreader
Why would Amazon do this? I'm not sure if it is prevalent enough for them to even care right now. Libraries are heavily investing in the Overdrive option right now. But pretty much for the same reason they'll sell a Kindle to anybody else. Sell a Kindle, sell Kindle books. That's what they do.
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Also the same reason car companies supply cars to driving schools at discount prices, someone who learns in a particular model is more likely to buy that model, because it is what they are familiar with. Amazon could treat them as essentially demo units. (Not that I think this will happen, but there are arguments for it from Amazon's point of view.)