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Old 02-10-2009, 05:21 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by dabargainhunta View Post
I agree. This is Amazon's way of getting money out of the ultra casual market that would never even consider buying a Kindle. There are a lot of people out there who read the occasional popular author but aren't serious readers. Amazon will soon be able to get their money too.
Problem is, Amazon is reportedly taking a loss on many/most of their new "bestseller" ebooks at $9.99.

It's one thing to take a loss when you're selling hardware devices and trying to grow that market, but quite another if you're selling the books for all devices.

So would we expect the same pricing if the books are available for other devices?

(And Amazon is already getting money from Mobipocket sales for other devices.)
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