Thread: Astak Mentor eBook readers with WiFi and Touchscreen (read-only)
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Old 06-24-2008, 12:55 PM   #494
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Originally Posted by DaleDe View Post
Well, if you lose a $1 a unit won't you make it up with volume?

Dale
Actually, you can make money that way, but only if you sell eBooks. On the PC, eReader supports a button to connect the user to eReader.com to buy books for it. While Astak couldn't make money selling at a loss, booksellers can. For example, if BooksOnBoard sold WiFi/touch-screen Mentors programmed so tapping the "Buy" button takes you by WiFi to their sales site, they could sell Mentors at a loss and make up for it from book sales. That's closer to the iPod/Kindle business model.
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