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fjtorres · 08-12-2013, 05:24 PM

One can take those numbers a step further and WAG they are selling about 30M gadgets and 500M ebooks a year. With an attach rate of about 16 books per device.

(Hey, this is a game anybody can play!)

Edit: Oh and if you believe the margin numbers, ebooks are subsidizing the *rest* of Amazon.

Doesn't mean I believe them, but they are certainly more credible than the whines about Amazon "selling ebooks at a loss".

08-12-2013, 05:24 PM	#3
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	One can take those numbers a step further and WAG they are selling about 30M gadgets and 500M ebooks a year. With an attach rate of about 16 books per device. (Hey, this is a game anybody can play!) Edit: Oh and if you believe the margin numbers, ebooks are subsidizing the rest of Amazon. Doesn't mean I believe them, but they are certainly more credible than the whines about Amazon "selling ebooks at a loss". Last edited by fjtorres; 08-12-2013 at 05:35 PM.