Amazon cuts the cost of its Kindle e-book reader
Do you have a Kindle Wireless Reading Device? I don’t. One reason, quite frankly, is price. I couldn’t justify shelling out $399 for the device, sight unseen.
Amazon has just cut the price of the Kindle by 10%. But even so, I can’t justify paying $359 for an e-Book reader. Of course, that’s not the universal perspective. Amazon has had difficulty keeping the device in stock.
Currently, there are 133,788 items in the Kindle Store, ranging from books and journals to applications software, including a daily planner.
If you have a Kindle, let me know what you think of it. As for me, I’m waiting for the price to continue dropping. $99 is the right price for this non-early-adopter.
Z Trek Copyright (c) Alan Zeichick
I couldn’t agree more. I’ve never understood why the Kindle doesn’t come with some free introductory downloads. The $399 translates to the cost of 10 hardbacks or 30 paperbacks. If you shop half-price book shops, you can buy even more with that $399. I read about 50 books a year. If I bought a Kindle, I would blow my book budget for almost two years and not have single book to show for it.
Why not follow the old business maxim: give away the razor and make the money on the blades? Amazon could sell the Kindle and five free select downloads for $99 and then add a small convenience charge to the cost of Kindle downloads. The idea is that Kindle users will provide Amazon an ongoing revenue stream, right?