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But back to the price: That's an enormous mark-up for each device. PaidContent's Laura Hazard Owen explains what the government is getting for its money, in addition to the hardware:
Amazon is responsible for shipping the Kindles, providing 24-7 customer service, sharing data on how the Kindles are used to access content and pushing serialized content to the Kindles regularly. Amazon is also responsible for disabling "standard features, as as [sic.] requested by DoS, for the device such as individual purchasing ability."
And all for just a 35-fold markup. What a steal.
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My kindles shipped for free and included 24-7 support and a manual. I had to disable some features myself. All of my kindles were at least 20% off retail.