Thread: NYT: Electronic Device Stirs Unease at Book Fair
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Old 06-03-2008, 03:19 AM   #11
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I believe that Amazon is losing money on many of these eBook sales--and sensibly so. They're investing in jump-starting their own eBook product, recognizing that they have made it easy for Kindle customers to continue buying from them.
Seth Godin would agree with you:

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Book publishers wholesale their ebooks to Amazon for precisely the same price as their paper books. Amazon loses money on every ebook for the Kindle they sell because publishers don't discount zero-cost ebooks.

Apparently, the publishers don't count the paper, storage, inventory, shredding and shipping expenses in their cost calculations.

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The amazing thing about the Times story today was the report that the mood at BEA was 'unease' about ebooks. The fastest-growing, lowest cost segment of the business, the one that offers the most promise, the best possible outcome and has the best results... is causing unease! All because of the trees.
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