View Single Post
Old 02-16-2012, 04:00 PM   #4
grvthang
Connoisseur
grvthang is no e-book dilettante.grvthang is no e-book dilettante.grvthang is no e-book dilettante.grvthang is no e-book dilettante.grvthang is no e-book dilettante.grvthang is no e-book dilettante.grvthang is no e-book dilettante.grvthang is no e-book dilettante.grvthang is no e-book dilettante.grvthang is no e-book dilettante.grvthang is no e-book dilettante.
 
Posts: 92
Karma: 53472
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Brooklyn NY
Device: Kindle Fire, Droid Incredible2, Kindle Touch
Quote:
Originally Posted by scrapking View Post
Keep in mind that the Kindle Fire is a loss leader, whereas the iPad is a high-margin money maker by comparison. It's easy to take markesthare with a loss leader, but harder to convert that into profit through add-on sales (though it's definitely possible).

That's a good point. I read somewhere recently that although the sales of the iphone represent 35% of the market, apple gets 80% of the profit generated by smartphones.
I don't know about your last sentence, though - the whole point of amazon selling the Fire as a loss leader is to generate sale of add-on amazon content.

All I know is - I'm glad they're selling a lot of them so that it's bound to get decent support from developers.
grvthang is offline   Reply With Quote