Sunday, February 27th, 2011 at 21:09
Jason Kottke reports that Amazon Kindle’s are becoming so cheap to manufacture that they could soon be given away for a grand total of: zilch.
According to Kevin Kelly, the Seattle-based distribution giant are remaining tight lipped as to whether or not their premium users will be given free reading devices later this year; but signs are pointing in that direction.
The Kindle has never been knock-it-out-of-the-park great…it looks like Amazon’s strategy is not to build a great e-reader but to build a pretty good free e-reader. — JK
Amazon make their money selling content. The more Kindle’s that are in the hands of power-buying customers, the more money the company stands to make.
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