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12-23-2010, 07:11 AM | #32 | |
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As for Amazon subsidizing the Kindle, I don't think that's what happens. It seems they get a nice break on the screen price (rumor has it they pay $36 for a Pearl screen) because they order a huge amount of them. It's just the economy of scale. |
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