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Old 11-11-2009, 07:40 AM   #133
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Originally Posted by zacheryjensen View Post
I think at this point that Bezos has a serious case of Jobs-envy and is trying for the whole "push profitable hardware by linking it to seemingly-cheap media." But, hey, I sure would like to see the same prices with a more open interoperability model. But I don't believe amazon is making any profit on their 9.99 priced books, but, I am fairly confident they are seriously overpricing their hardware.
It would be interesting to know what they are making on the two things. I can't see the Kindle becoming the "standard" reader, just on the strength of Amazon's offer of texts.

Also, I think the $9.99 price is probably profitable (I really have no idea, but since they give free shipping on a lot of things, that has to cost money that ebooks don't). In any case, they do ask more for other things. My friend just published a book, and the Kindle price is higher than the hardback price ($0.32, but still...)
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