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How does Amazon accomplish their free 3G with the Kindle and why aren't they selling this service? http://client0.cellmaps.com/tabs.html#cellmaps_intl_tab http:
by hatu 14y ago
How does Amazon accomplish their free 3G with the Kindle and why aren't they selling this service? http://client0.cellmaps.com/tabs.html#cellmaps_intl_tab http://client0.cellmaps.com/tabs.html#cellmaps_intl_tab
- brazzy 14y ago> How does Amazon accomplish their free 3G with the Kindle and why aren't they selling this service? It's not "free 3G", it's "free ebook shop browsing and delivery via 3G" - relatively small files, and Amazon directly profits from each one. Thus they can afford to pay for it, and they're big enough to negotiate reasonable prices. But note that it's very limited: audio books are not delivered via 3G, nor are files sent in by the user for conversion (actually I believe you can pay for that service). And for their 70% royalty option, delivery is actually charged to the author at 15 cents per MB: http://andrewhy.de/amazons-markup-of-digital-delivery-to-indie-authors-is-129000/ http://andrewhy.de/amazons-markup-of-digital-delivery-to-ind...
- PanMan 14y agoStill, 15 cents is a price I would pay for data worldwide...