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Originally Posted by NavyDad6
It is a matter of economics. You would have to continue to support two separate manufacturing lines. With the profit margins so low on these devices that is an impossibility without raising the price.
Amazon is making the bulk of its revenue on downloaded content and subscriptions, not the E-reader itself.
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Well, I find that a little hard to swallow as I am sure they make a decent profit on the thousands of units they have sold. However, I do agree that they probably make a larger overall profit on the e-books they sell. And having to buy a cover separately raised the purchase price back up to the original price of K1 back in the day. Seems that Kindle folks are none too pleased!