Thread: Amazon and DRM changes
View Single Post
Old 05-28-2025, 06:52 AM   #3012
John F
Grand Sorcerer
John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 7,960
Karma: 71261339
Join Date: Feb 2009
Device: Kobo Clara 2E
Quote:
Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
As far as I recall, when Kobo introduced their first ereader in May, 2010, it was the cheapest 6" ereader on the market. Oddly, in July, 2010 Amazon introduced new lower cost models. The New York Times story headlined "In Price War, New Kindle Sells for $139" from July 28, 2010 might be worth reading before thanking Amazon for lower cost ereaders. If I remember correctly, the Kindle 2 was priced at $299 while it's Kindle 3 successor in August, 2010 was priced $139 to undersell the Kobo ereader at $149 ( the K3 was $189 if you wanted 3G connectivity).
I guess I'm missing your point. It looks like Kindles were the cheapest (according to your post). I tried to find your NY times article, but it wanted me to create an account; what was your take away from the article.
John F is offline   Reply With Quote