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ilovejedd · 06-02-2009, 12:10 PM

Yeah, not really Sony's fault, but the publishers. If you look elsewhere (FictionWise, BooksOnBoard), the other formats (.LIT, ADE .PDF, etc) probably cost around the same. Amazon is subsidizing the cost of the books, iirc. Probably to drive the sales of the Kindle up.

06-02-2009, 12:10 PM	#3
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,110 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	Yeah, not really Sony's fault, but the publishers. If you look elsewhere (FictionWise, BooksOnBoard), the other formats (.LIT, ADE .PDF, etc) probably cost around the same. Amazon is subsidizing the cost of the books, iirc. Probably to drive the sales of the Kindle up.