Thread: Analyst: Amazon Is Losing Its Shirt
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Old 12-06-2009, 05:30 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by wallcraft View Post
It may be the case that Amazon is loosing $2 on bestsellers, but it isn't loosing money on backlist ebooks or on specialty categories and these are a substantial fraction of total ebook sales.
Same goes for books now in paperback. I notice the Kindle price often doesn't drop once the book is in paperback..and if it does it's only by a dollar or two. Once it hits mass-market paperback, it will drop more but only usually the savings is minimal (and at times none at all).

I've had a few incidents where I've wanted a book that was in paperback but refused to buy because the Kindle price was higher.
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