Thread: Amazon giving away Kindles?
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Old 02-13-2010, 04:19 AM   #33
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It makes sense if you assume that shipping is a huge problem for Amazon in terms of cost, barriers to sales, and logistics.

Giving away a Kindle solves the problem that Prime is designed to fix - eliminating the inconvenience and cost of shipping to Amazon and the customer by encouraging ebook sales over paper book sales.

I could be mistaken about Amazon's business model, but it makes sense.
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