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Old 03-17-2011, 02:12 PM   #701
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Selling a book for under 1 cent is really not a commercially viable proposition. I don't know what Amazon's costs are, but I strongly suspect that they exceed 1 cent per sale.
The only real cost I can think of would be the cost of sending it over 3G. I'm sure they could make it wifi only for cheap ebooks if it was much of a cost. I think the real reason they pay a low rate for cheap ebooks is to encourage people to price them at $2.99 or above.
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