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Kindle sales quadrupled on Black Friday: Amazon

Technology Nov. 29, 2011 - 08:47AM JST ( 3 )

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smithinjapanNov. 29, 2011 - 03:53PM JST

I guess people are getting poorer and poorer; only reason they would settle for second, or maybe third, best.
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JeremiahWNov. 29, 2011 - 04:16PM JST

@smithinjapan

I guess people are getting poorer and poorer; only reason they would settle for second, or maybe third, best.

I can afford steak.But you know what - - I often dine on pork and chicken. It 's not cos I am poor. Kindles are great. Not all of us need to look cool and carry our I pads with us everywhere we go.

"the basic Kindle is also sold at a loss at the current $79 retail price point,” IHS iSuppli’s Andrew Rassweiler said earlier this month.“Amazon makes its money not on Kindle hardware, but on the paid content and other products it plans to sell the consumer through the Kindle,” Rassweiler said. "

Smart marketing. The late Mr Steve Jobs probably wished he had got his company into independent publishing.
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pawatanNov. 29, 2011 - 08:59PM JST

I guess people are getting poorer and poorer; only reason they would settle for second, or maybe third, best.

Geez, smith! Do you have to be a raging Apple fanboy in every tech post?

I greatly prefer reading on my eInk Kindle to any tablet (and yeah, I own one). It's just so much easier on the eyes than a backlit screen. It's so cheap that I don't worry about damaging it. Dunno about the Fire, but the eInk Kindles are fantastic.