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It's unsubsidized by media sales, so the price doesn't seem outlandish at all.
by benaiah 13y ago
It's unsubsidized by media sales, so the price doesn't seem outlandish at all.
- dublinben 13y agoNone of the e-ink Kindles are sold at a loss. This product shouldn't cost much more than the comparable Kindle or Nook.
- Swizec 13y agoThey are also manufactured in much much larger runs, thus bringing down their manufacturing price significantly.
- luka-birsa 13y agoNot sure about that. Perhaps not sold at a loss in terms of bill of materials right now (since they have been in production for some time they probably brought the price down), but that doesn't account for the labor costs (developers, support, etc...). All e-book readers are subsuidized by book sales. Amazon would be mad not to do it that way. They are a goods company not a hardware company.
- dublinben 13y agoIf they wanted to give away a free kindle with every Prime subscription they could, but they're still selling them above manufacturing cost.