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Re:Amazon Kindles with 3G will start to lose cellular networ... by Johnie on Thursday July 29, 2021 @02:27PM (#27999765)
Think of the kindle as a loss leader for them to sell books. They probably make more money selling e-books than from the device itself.
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Re:Amazon Kindles with 3G will start to lose cellular networ... by sib on Thursday July 29, 2021 @03:55PM (#28000670)
They don't just make more money from the ebooks, that is the only source of profit. In general, they lose money on the Kindle readers.
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Re:Amazon Kindles with 3G will start to lose cellular networ... by notatoad on Thursday July 29, 2021 @04:33PM (#28001140)
while that's likely true for the cheaper models, an oasis+cover bundle is $375cdn. that's a lot of ebooks.
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