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I guess but when (for example): The Hunger games costs $5 compared to $9 for paperback on Amazon, it only takes buying 35 books over the lifetime of

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Feb 16 '11, 10:22

the reader for it to pay off in simple dollar terms

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if only amazon would release real hadware numbers, i could compare the number of kindles to the 320 million u.s. citizens....nm - x Feb 16, 10:24 1
- We sold a lot at Christmas! More than a smidge, but less than a ton. -- nm - Jeff Bezos Feb 16, 10:26
But, that cost won't stay low. -- nm - Amy Feb 16, 10:24 4
- I think it will actually get more competitive if anything. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 16, 10:25 3
  - I don't think we attend the same conferences. Periodical is going to be different that manuscript. -- nm - Amy Feb 16, 10:27 2
    - Well, I obviously have no expertise on the subject but you can only price the stuff according to what the market will bear. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 16, 10:28 1
      - It only took itunes 3 years to increase the price on popular songs by, what, one third? - Amy Feb 16, 10:33
but if the user was using the library to begin with, that's money the use never would have spent without the kindle. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 16, 10:23
true, but when I buy a book I can loan it to my wife, MIL, FIL and then sell it to a used book store. I can;t give them my e-reader -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 10:23 11
- While not universal, Amazon does allow lending of some Kindle books now -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 10:24 10
  - Once. -- nm - mara Feb 16, 10:27
  - to one user. it's useless. it essentially means that books expire. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 16, 10:27 1
    - I expect that to improve over time, but yes, it's not much of a feature now -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 10:28
  - but they have to have an e-reader too though -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 10:25 6
    - of course - oblique Feb 16, 10:28
    - Or an iphone, android, or computer. -- nm - Ender Feb 16, 10:27 4
      - I gave my amazon password to one of my friends so they could authorize their ipad on my account. - amanda jones Feb 16, 10:29
      - so if I buy a book for a Kindle on Amazon I can read it on other e-readers? -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 10:28 2
        
        This is the primary reason why any eBook I buy will be from Amazon or B&N. They have reader software for a variety of devices -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 10:30
        
        You can use the Kindle app on a variety of devices. - Kim Pine Feb 16, 10:29

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