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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Again, they already have. It's called "selling e-books for around $10/each."
The Kindle does not use the iPod model (cheap content to encourage people to buy the hardware).
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Cheap is a relative term. Have you compared prices for the Kindle version of an eBook with other versions of the same book? In many cases, the Kindle ones are much cheaper. That leaves three basic explanations that I can think of:
1) Amazon is taking a cut on their profit margin in order to increase the kindle market.
2) All the other eBook sellers are grossly inflating their prices.
3) Amazon has special deals worked out with Publishers to get rights to the eBooks at lower prices.
My bet is on #1.