tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post4400572672638334482..comments2024-03-18T22:39:50.137-07:00Comments on A Kindle World blog: More Amazon quotes on $114 KindleSO. Controversial analyst thoughts.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-54957678771667131802011-04-14T14:34:33.202-07:002011-04-14T14:34:33.202-07:00Mike,
Thanks. Especially interesting was #3.
I ...Mike,<br /> Thanks. Especially interesting was #3.<br />I remember reading (& reporting) that news reports were that someone had figured out how many new accounts Sprint had when Amazon's Kindle came on board and which were using what seemed to be Sprint's underused bandwidth of some type, and they figured out that Amazon may have been getting a price of only $2 per customer per month based on expected usage, averaged, when cost to individual customers was $30-$60 /mo. at the time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-59155532597348055882011-04-14T14:25:24.183-07:002011-04-14T14:25:24.183-07:00I can't see why Amazon would make the Kindle f...I can't see why Amazon would make the Kindle free without limitations. Some people would say, "What the heck!" and pick one up as a coffee cup coaster. But I can see the Kindle being 'free' in certain situations:<br /><br />1. People whose Amazon purchase history suggests they'd buy enough ebooks from Amazon to recoup the cost. One example would be those who read a lot of paper novels. Even if they turned out to dislike reading on a Kindle, they'd probably pass it along to a book-reading friend who would buy enough to justify the cost.<br /><br />2. People who join a program Amazon is running, perhaps an ebook club, whose fees would cover the cost.<br /><br />3. Perhaps the smallest and quirkiest group for which it makes economic sense for Amazon to offer a free Kindle are those with early cellular-only Kindles who download enough free ebooks (and little else) that Amazon could save itself money by exchanging that older Kindle for a free WiFi-only model.Mike Perryhttp://www.inklingbooks.com/noreply@blogger.com