>Amazon sells ebooks for the sake of selling ebooks - to make a profit. No, Amazon sells ebooks for the sake of selling Kindles first and foremost (or did, bef

>Amazon sells ebooks for the sake of selling ebooks - to make a profit. No, Amazon sells ebooks for the sake of selling Kindles first and foremost (or did, before the launch of the iPad). Before the switch to the agency model, Amazon sold many ebooks at a loss. They sold ebooks at $9.99, less than what they paid publishers per copy for popular books.