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stephentmcm on Jan 20, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Nears $1 Billion Investment in SpaceX

Still free on the new 3g enabled models. But when you say 'free' it only allows you to browse Amazon and buy Amazon books so they just build the costs into those... So thanks to everyone who buys eBooks on Amazon and funds my Kindle DX's 3g connection :)

brianbreslin on Jan 20, 2015 [–]

amazon actually loses money on each kindle book. think about that.

notatoad on Jan 20, 2015 | | [–]

I'm pretty sure that isn't true

brianbreslin on Jan 20, 2015 | | | [–]

http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/amazon-losing-money-on-999-e-... This is outdated from 2009, but the pricing is pretty close to this still.

batiudrami on Jan 20, 2015 | | [–]

ON all of them? Or just on those where they're trying to squeeze publishers?

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