Thread: Has Sony lost the e-book battle against Amazon?
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Old 08-11-2008, 01:00 PM   #31
Alisa
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
You are saying the hardware costs for a 505 is too high and yet you paid MORE for a Kindle. Makes no sense.
No. I'm saying the cost to manufacture the device is high and Sony is charging a rock-bottom price. The margin is low and the price for ebook devices in general is still high enough to make it difficult to make that up in volume. I'm concerned it may be hard for them to keep this part of their business going if they do get away from selling content. Of course I doubt the Connect store is making them much money anyway. If this forum is any indication, many PRS owners never buy from them.
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