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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
Yesh I would like to see more choice. But Amazon has destroyed the competition and only releases 6" screens to support their platform. Great if that's what you want, dull as ditch water if it isn't. Kindles are cool but not at the expense of diversity.
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Bear in mind that pricing ereaders at near cost wasn't Amazon's idea. Their pricing tracked Sony and they happily pocketed the 40% margin of the K1 and K2.
You can lay the "credit" for near-cost pricing at Nook's feet. They were the ones who reset the baseline. Amazon merely undercut them by $10 and stayed $10 cheaper. It inspired them to start the Special Offers ad business as a sideline. A "sideline" that now generates over a billion a year in revenue. Bezos owes much to Riggio.